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
6 native plants in Mississippi. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Sensitive Partridge-peaChamaecrista nictitans
- Common Partridge PeaChamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
- Common Partridge-peaChamaecrista fasciculata
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Running Partridge Pea Chamaecrista horizontalis Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.