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
33 native plants in West Virginia. 4 not suggested for gardens
- Boreal AsterSymphyotrichum boreale
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Bushy AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Calico Aster; One Sided Aster; White Woodland Aster; Starved AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum var. horizontale
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Crooked-stem AsterSymphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Frost AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum
- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
- Late Purple AsterSymphyotrichum patens
- Long Stalk AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- New York AsterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Purplestem AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Small White AsterSymphyotrichum racemosum
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- Swamp AsterSymphyotrichum firmum
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeveSymphyotrichum laeve var. laeve
- Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorumSymphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum
- Thinleaf Late Purple AsterSymphyotrichum phlogifolium
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- White Panicle AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum
- White Panicled AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
- Willowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum
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Native here, not suggested for gardens
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum Rare or protected plant
- Bottomland Aster Symphyotrichum ontarionis Rare or protected plant
- Hairy Heart Leaf Aster Symphyotrichum drummondii Rare or protected plant
- Pringles Old Field Aster Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei Rare or protected plant
Matched by plant genus. Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, ZooKeys 1261
Also on these plants
None of the other listed species.