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. 6 not suggested for gardens
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Bristly LocustRobinia hispida
- Clammy LocustRobinia viscosa
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- American GroundnutApios americana
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Cream Tick-trefoil Desmodium ochroleucum Rare or protected plant
- Largebract Tick-trefoil Desmodium cuspidatum Rare or protected plant
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoil Desmodium strictum Rare or protected plant
- Sessileleaf Tick-trefoil Desmodium sessilifolium Rare or protected plant
- Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense Rare or protected plant
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoil Desmodium tenuifolium Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.