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
35 native plants in Louisiana. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Beach SunflowerHelianthus debilis
- Hairy SunflowerHelianthus hirsutus
- Helianthus floridanusHelianthus floridanus
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Prairie SunflowerHelianthus petiolaris
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Thinleaf SunflowerHelianthus decapetalus
- Variableleaf SunflowerHelianthus heterophyllus
- Western SunflowerHelianthus occidentalis
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
- Brown-eyed SusanRudbeckia triloba
- Bog ConeflowerRudbeckia scabrifolia
- Carolina CrownbeardVerbesina walteri
- Frostweed; White CrownbeardVerbesina virginica var. virginica
- Golden CrownbeardVerbesina encelioides
- Texas ConeflowerRudbeckia texana
- White CrownbeardVerbesina virginica
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Cutleaf ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Eastern Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. hirta
- Southeastern Cut Leaf Cone FlowerRudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Rosinweed Sunflower Helianthus silphioides Rare or protected plant
- Missouri Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia missouriensis Rare or protected plant
- Sunfacing Coneflower; Pineywoods Coneflower; Sunfacing Cone Flower; Pineywoods Cone Flower; Sun Facing Coneflower; Piney Woods Coneflower; Sun Facing Cone Flower; Piney Woods Cone Flower Rudbeckia grandiflora Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.