Quercus

Garden Radish

Raphanus sativus

Not native to South Carolina

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

14CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Raphanus

  • Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
  • Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Evergestis rimosalisCross-Striped Cabbageworm, Cross-Shaped Cabbageworm
  • Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
  • Hellula phidilealisCabbage Budworm
  • Hellula rogatalisCabbage Webworm
  • Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
  • Pontia protodiceCheckered White
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
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  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
  • Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
  • Xanthorhoe labradorensisLabrador Carpet, Packard’s Carpet
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Raphanus

  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Haemorhous mexicanusHouse Finch
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Brassicaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Radish

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankGNR
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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