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
18 native plants in Mississippi
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Southern Wedge-Leaf VioletViola tenuipes
- Bird's-foot VioletViola pedata
- Downy Yellow VioletViola pubescens
- Arrow Leaf Violet; Arrow Head VioletViola sagittata var. sagittata
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Bayou VioletViola langloisii
- Carolina VioletViola villosa
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Southern Coastal VioletViola septemloba
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Three Lobe VioletViola palmata
- Viola macloskeyiViola macloskeyi
- Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora lutea
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.