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
11 native plants in West Virginia. 1 not suggested for gardens
- Bulbous BittercressCardamine bulbosa
- American BittercressCardamine rotundifolia
- Blue Ridge BittercressCardamine flagellifera
- Cutleaf ToothwortCardamine concatenata
- Limestone BittercressCardamine douglassii
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- Sand Bitter CressCardamine parviflora var. arenicola
- Sand BittercressCardamine parviflora
- Slender ToothwortCardamine angustata
- Two-leaved ToothwortCardamine diphylla
Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Forkleaf Toothwort Cardamine dissecta Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.