What supports Monarch
2,328
native plants
support it in the US
87
caterpillar hosts
2,241
flowers
support it in the US
Caterpillar hosts All
87 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.
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Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
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Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
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Narrowleaf Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
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Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
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Antelopehorn Milkweed
Asclepias asperula
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Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
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Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides
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Woollypod Milkweed
Asclepias eriocarpa
Nectar plants All
2,241 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.
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New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
keystone
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
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Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
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White Beggarticks
Bidens alba
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Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
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Northern Seaside Goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens
keystone
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Palmleaf Mistflower
Conoclinium dissectum