What supports Painted Lady

2,361 native plants
support it in the US

213 caterpillar hosts 2,148 flowers

Caterpillar hosts All

213 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

• Desert Sunflower Geraea canescens
• Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus keystone
• Arizona Lupine Lupinus arizonicus keystone
• Apricot Globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua
• Field Thistle Cirsium discolor
• Arroyo Lupine Lupinus succulentus keystone
• Common Silverweed Argentina anserina
• Cobwebby Thistle Cirsium occidentale

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Nectar plants All

2,148 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

• Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
• Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa
• New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae keystone
• Desert Sand Verbena Abronia villosa
• Brittlebush Encelia farinosa
• Desert Lavender Condea emoryi
• Blue Dicks Dipterostemon capitatus
• Distant Phacelia Phacelia distans

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