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
12 native plants in Virginia. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Beach False FoxgloveAgalinis fasciculata
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Pine-barren False FoxgloveAgalinis virgata
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Tenlobe False FoxgloveAgalinis decemloba
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Pursh's Wild-petuniaRuellia purshiana
- Smooth Wild-petuniaRuellia strepens
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Earleaf False Foxglove Agalinis auriculata Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.