Caterpillar host plants
Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants; adults drink nectar from many flowers. Caterpillars also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
27 native plants in Louisiana. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. gracile
- Symphyotrichum adnatumSymphyotrichum adnatum
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratumSymphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratum
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Bottomland AsterSymphyotrichum ontarionis
- Bushy AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Eastern Silvery AsterSymphyotrichum concolor
- Frost AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum
- Hairy Heart Leaf AsterSymphyotrichum drummondii
- Late Purple AsterSymphyotrichum patens
- Long Stalk AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Purplestem AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum
- Small White AsterSymphyotrichum racemosum
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- Symphyotrichum dumosum var. subulifoliumSymphyotrichum dumosum var. subulifolium
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeveSymphyotrichum laeve var. laeve
- Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorumSymphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Panicle AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum
- White Panicled AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
- Willowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Elliott's Aster Symphyotrichum elliotii Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.