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What supports Purplish Copper

258 native plants
support it in the US
9 caterpillar hosts 249 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

9 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Blue Vervain Verbena hastata on vervains
  • White Vervain Verbena urticifolia on vervains
  • Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta on vervains
  • Bigbract Verbena Verbena bracteata on vervains
  • Western Vervain Verbena lasiostachys on vervains
  • Narrowleaf Vervain Verbena simplex on vervains
  • MacDougal Verbena Verbena macdougalii on vervains
  • Mint Vervain Verbena menthifolia on vervains
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Nectar plants All

249 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis
  • Western Goldenrod Euthamia occidentalis
  • Turkey Tangle Frogfruit Phyla nodiflora
  • Pacific Aster Symphyotrichum chilense keystone
  • Alkali Heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum
  • White Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides keystone
  • Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa
  • Coyote-thistle Eryngium vaseyi
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