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
34 native plants in Louisiana. 2 not suggested for gardens
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Smooth IndigobushAmorpha laevigata
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Boyntons Locust; Bristly Locust; Rose Acacia; Rose LocustRobinia hispida var. hispida
- Bristly LocustRobinia hispida
- Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatumDesmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Naked Tick-trefoilDesmodium nudiflorum
- Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Panicled Tick-trefoilDesmodium paniculatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
- Pointedleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium glutinosum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium sessilifolium
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- American WisteriaWisteria frutescens
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- American Hog-peanutAmphicarpaea bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- American GroundnutApios americana
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Panicled Indigobush Amorpha paniculata Rare or protected plant
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoil Desmodium nuttallii Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.