If you want to attract Whites and Sulphurs to your garden, check out the list of host and nectar plants below for each of the twelve species that visit Tennessee!
Host Plants | Whites & Sulphurs Species | Nectar Plants | Whites & Sulphurs Species |
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface | Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) | Checkered White |
Beans (Fabaceae, Family) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface | Asters (Asteraceae, Family) | Cabbage White, Orange Sulphur, Little Yellow, Dainty Sulphur |
Bittercress (Barbarea vulgaris) | Falcate Orangetip | Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) | Sleepy Orange |
Broadleaf Toothwart (Cardamine diphylla) | West Virginia White, Falcate Orangetip | Blanket flower (Gaillardia x Grandiflora) | Checkered White, Dainty Sulphur |
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) | Checkered White, Cabbage White | Blazing Stars (Liatris spp.) | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) | Checkered White, Cabbage White | Blue Sage (Salvia officinalis) | Sleepy Orange |
Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) | Checkered White, Cabbage White | Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) | Falcate Orangetip, Little Yellow |
Clovers (Trifolium) | Southern Dogface | Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) | Cloudless Sulphur |
Cutleaf Toothworts (Cardamine concatenata) | West Virginia White, Falcate Orangetip | Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface, Little Yellow |
Lyre-Leaf Rock Cress (Arabidopsis lyrata) | Olympia Marble | Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) | Checkered White, Southern Dogface |
Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) | Dainty Sulphur | Red Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) | Cloudless Sulphur |
Northern Wild Senna (Senna hebecarpa) | Cloudless Sulphur, Sleepy Orange | Chickweed (Stellaria media) | Olympia Marble |
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) | Little Yellow, Sleepy Orange | Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface |
Peas (Fabaceae, Family) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface | Clovers (Trifolium) | Checkered White, Clouded Sulphur |
Poor Man’s Pepper (Lepidium virginicum) | Checkered White | Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata spp.) | Southern Dogface |
Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) | Southern Dogface | Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) | Checkered White, Cabbage White, Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Sleepy Orange |
Prairie Mimosa (Desmanthus illinoensis) | Little Yellow | Fogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) | Checkered White, Dainty Sulphur |
Prairie Peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) | Checkered White | Glade Sandwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis) | Falcate Orangetip |
Radish (Raphanus sativus) | Checkered White, Cabbage White | Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) | Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface, Little Yellow |
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) | Clouded Sulphur | Impatients (Impatiens capensis) | Cloudless Sulphur |
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata) | Checkered White | Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) | Orange Sulphur |
Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) | Clouded Sulphur | Lanceleaf Gumweed (Grindelia lanceolata) | Checkered White, Orange Sulphur |
Shepherd’s Needle (Bidens alba) | Dainty Sulphur | Lantana (Lantana camara) | Southern Dogface, Cloudless Sulphur |
Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) | Checkered White | Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) | Dainty Sulphur |
Slender Toothwart (Cardamine angustata) | Falcate Orangetip | Mints (Lamiaceae, Family) | Cabbage White |
Sneezeweed (Helenium) | Dainty Sulphur | Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) | Southern Dogface |
Southern Wild Senna (Senna marilandica) | Cloudless Sulphur, Little Yellow, Sleepy Orange | Mustards (Brassicaceae, Family) | Checkered White, Falcate Orangetip |
Tower Rock Cress (Arabis glabra) | Checkered White, Olympia Marble, Falcate Orangetip | Petunia (Petunia x hybrida) | Southern Dogface, Cloudless Sulphur |
Vetch (Vicia sativa) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur | Phlox (Phlox drummondii) | Olympia Marble, Cloudless Sulphur |
White Clover (Trifolium repens) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur | Pincushion Plant (Scabiosa) | Checkered White |
Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) | Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface | Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) | Southern Dogface, Little Yellow |
Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) | Checkered White | Purple Phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida) | West Virginia White |
Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa) | Clouded Sulphur | Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) | Cabbage White |
Rock Cress (Aubrieta deltoidea) | Olympia Marble | ||
Sage (Salvia officinalis) | Sleepy Orange | ||
Shepherd’s Needle (Bidens alba) | Sleepy Orange | ||
Sneezeweed (Helenium) | Dainty Sulphur | ||
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) | Falcate Orangetip | ||
Stonecrop (Sedum) | West Virginia White | ||
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) | Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface | ||
Tennessee Coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) | Orange Sulphur | ||
Thistle (Cirsium discolor) | Clouded Sulphur | ||
Toothworts (Cardamine concatenata) | West Virginia White | ||
Verbena (Vervain spp.) | Southern Dogface, Cloudless Sulphur | ||
Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) | Olympia Marble | ||
Violets (Viola) | West Virginia White, Falcate Orangetip, Orange Sulphur | ||
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) | Cloudless Sulphur |