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
14 native plants in Virginia. 5 not suggested for gardens
- Bulbous BittercressCardamine bulbosa
- American BittercressCardamine rotundifolia
- Cutleaf ToothwortCardamine concatenata
- Limestone BittercressCardamine douglassii
- Long's BittercressCardamine longii
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- Sand Bitter CressCardamine parviflora var. arenicola
- Slender ToothwortCardamine angustata
- Two-leaved ToothwortCardamine diphylla
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis var. palustris Rare or protected plant
- Blue Ridge Bittercress Cardamine flagellifera Rare or protected plant
- Forkleaf Toothwort Cardamine dissecta Rare or protected plant
- Mountain Bittercress Cardamine clematitis Rare or protected plant
- Small-anthered Bittercress Cardamine micranthera Federally endangered
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.