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
15 native plants in Virginia. 4 not suggested for gardens
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Silvery CudweedGamochaeta argyrinea
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Plantain-leaf PussytoesAntennaria plantaginifolia
- Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallaxAntennaria parlinii subsp. fallax
- Antennaria parlinii subsp. parliniiAntennaria parlinii subsp. parlinii
- Field PussytoesAntennaria neglecta
- Howells PussytoesAntennaria howellii subsp. neodioica
- Shale-barren PussytoesAntennaria virginica
- Singlehead PussytoesAntennaria solitaria
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Rare or protected plant
- Clammy Everlasting, Winged Cudweed Pseudognaphalium macounii Rare or protected plant
- Delicate Rabbit-tobacco Pseudognaphalium micradenium Rare or protected plant
- Heller's Rabbit-tobacco Pseudognaphalium helleri Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.