Waxyleaf Privet

Ligustrum quihoui

Found in glade margins, suburban woodlands, disturbed places. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: Partial shade, Full shade, Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

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At a glance

Bloom: May to July

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

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Recorded in 1 Virginia county.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

32CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Ligustrum

Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Aethalura intertextaFour-Barred Gray
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
Automeris ioIo Moth
Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
Ceratomia undulosaWaved Sphinx
Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
Citheronia regalisRoyal Walnut Moth, Hickory Horned Devil

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Dolba hyloeusPawpaw Sphinx
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
Hymenia perspectalisSpotted Beet Webworm
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Manduca rusticaRustic Sphinx
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
Palpita quadristigmalisFour-Spotted Palpita, Privet Moth
Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
Podosesia syringaeLilac Borer Moth, Ash Borer
Rhopobota naevanaBlackheaded Fireworm, Holly Bud Moth, Holly Tortrix
Sphinx chersisGreat Ash Sphinx
Sphinx franckiiFranck's Sphinx
Sphinx kalmiaeFawn Sphinx, Laurel Sphinx
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Astala confederata

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Oleaceae

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

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “May to July” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Light · “Partial shade; Full shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Conservation status

Virginia rank	SNA
Global rank	GNR
VA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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