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
27 native plants in Virginia. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Narrowleaf Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum concinnum
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Crooked-stem AsterSymphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Eastern Silvery AsterSymphyotrichum concolor
- Frost AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum
- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
- Largeflower AsterSymphyotrichum grandiflorum
- Long Stalk AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- New York AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Pringles Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- Smooth Heart Leaf AsterSymphyotrichum lowrieanum
- Thinleaf Late Purple AsterSymphyotrichum phlogifolium
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- White Heath Aster; Squarrose White AsterSymphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
- White Panicle AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Barrens Silky Aster Symphyotrichum pratense Rare or protected plant
- Elliott's Aster Symphyotrichum elliottii Rare or protected plant
- Short's Aster Symphyotrichum shortii Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.