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
22 native plants in Virginia. 2 not suggested for gardens
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Hairy SunflowerHelianthus hirsutus
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Smooth SunflowerHelianthus laevigatus
- Thinleaf SunflowerHelianthus decapetalus
- Frostweed; White CrownbeardVerbesina virginica var. virginica
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Yellow CrownbeardVerbesina occidentalis
- Cutleaf ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida var. umbrosa
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Eastern Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. hirta
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgidaRudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida
- Southeastern Cut Leaf Cone FlowerRudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Helianthus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis Helianthus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis Rare or protected plant
- Sun-facing Coneflower Rudbeckia heliopsidis Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.