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
35 native plants in Virginia. 3 not suggested for gardens
- Blue Ridge VioletViola monacanora
- Smooth White VioletViola minuscula
- Smooth Yellow VioletViola eriocarpa
- Viola esculentaViola edulis
- Marsh Blue VioletViola cucullata
- Downy Yellow VioletViola pubescens
- Roundleaf Yellow VioletViola rotundifolia
- American Dog VioletViola labradorica
- American Field PansyViola rafinesquei
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Canada VioletViola canadensis
- Common Sweet White VioletViola incognita
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- Long-spurred VioletViola rostrata
- Northern Coastal VioletViola brittoniana
- Northern Downy VioletViola fimbriatula
- Northern Wood VioletViola septentrionalis
- Pectinate VioletViola pectinata
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Southern Coastal VioletViola septemloba
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Striped Cream VioletViola striata
- Sweet White VioletViola blanda
- Triangle-leaved VioletViola emarginata
- Viola vittataViola vittata
- Wood VioletViola subsinuata
- Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora lutea
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Smooth Threepart Violet Viola glaberrima Rare or protected plant
- Virginia Shale Woodland Violet Viola tenuisecta Rare or protected plant
- Appalachian Violet Viola appalachiensis Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.