Flowering Plants Visited
by Pieris rapae


Pieris rapae Linnaeus: Pieridae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Wiggam & Ferguson, Betz et al., Hilty, Lewis, Catling, Larson & Barrett, Conger, Willson & Bertin, Reynolds et al., Levin, Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha; this butterfly is the Cabbage White)

Acanthaceae: Justicia americana sn (Rb, Cng); Apiaceae: Sium suave sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn] [plup sn] (Rb, Btz), Asclepias verticillata [plab sn] [plup sn fq] (Rb, WB); Asteraceae: Anthemis cotula sn (Gr), Arctium lappa sn (Gr), Arctium minus sn (Rb, V), Aster spp. sn (V), Aster anomalus sn (Rb), Aster drummondii sn (Gr), Aster ericoides sn (Rb), Aster furcatus sn (Gr), Aster laevis sn (Gr), Aster lanceolatus sn (Rb, Gr), Aster lateriflorus sn (Gr), Aster novae-angliae sn (Gr), Aster pilosus sn (Rb, H), Aster prenanthoides sn (Gr), Aster puniceus sn (Gr), Bidens aristosa sn (Rb), Bidens bipinnata sn (Rb), Boltonia asterioides sn (Rb), Cirsium altissimum sn (Gr), Cirsium arvense sn (Gr), Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb), Echinacea purpurea sn (Rb), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Rb, Gr), Eupatorium altissimum sn (WR), Eupatorium perfoliatum sn (Gr, WR), Eupatorium serotinum sn (Rb), Euthamia graminifolia sn (Gr), Helenium autumnale sn (Gr), Helianthus annuus sn (Rb), Helianthus giganteus sn (Gr), Helianthus strumosus sn (Gr), Leucanthemum vulgare sn (Lw), Liatris aspera sn (H, WR), Liatris pycnostachya sn (Rb), Liatris spicata sn (Gr), Oligoneuron rigidum sn (H), Rudbeckia hirta sn (Rb), Silphium integrifolium sn (H), Silphium perfoliatum sn (Rb), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb); Boraginaceae: Buglossoides arvense sn (H), Lithospermum canescens sn (Rb); Brassicaceae: Barbarea vulgaris sn (H, Lw, WR), Cardamine bulbosa sn (Rb), Iodanthus pinnatifidus sn (H); Campanulaceae: Lobelia spicata sn (Rb), Triodanis perfoliata sn (Rb, Lw); Caryophyllaceae: Silene caroliniana sn (Ry), Stellaria media sn (Lw); Fabaceae: Crotalaria sagittalis sn np (Rb), Lotus corniculatus sn np (Lw), Medicago sativa sn (V), Trifolium pratense sn (Rb, Lw), Trifolium repens sn (Rb, Lw); Fumariaceae: Dicentra cucullata sn np (Rb); Lamiaceae: Agastache nepetoides sn (Rb), Blephilia ciliata sn (Rb, WR), Blephilia hirsuta sn (Rb), Glechoma hederacea sn np (Rb), Mentha arvensis sn (Rb), Nepeta cataria sn (Rb, V), Prunella vulgaris sn (Rb, Lw), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn (H), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Scutellaria incana sn np (H), Teucrium canadense sn (Cng); Liliaceae: Allium cernuum sn (Gr), Erythronium albidum sn (Rb), Nothoscordum bivalve sn (Rb), Smilacina stellata sn (Gr), Tofieldia glutinosa sn (Gr); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn (Rb, Lvn), Lythrum salicaria sn (Lvn); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii sn (Rb), Hibiscus trionum sn (Rb), Malva neglecta sn (Rb), Sida spinosa sn fq (Rb); Melastomataceae: Rhexia virginica exp np (LBt); Orchidaceae: Calopogon tuberosus exp np (V), Spiranthes lacera sn np (Ct); Oxalidaceae: Oxalis corniculata sn (Rb), Oxalis stricta sn (Rb, Lw); Papaveraceae: Sanguinaria canadensis exp (Gr); Parnassiaceae: Parnassia glauca sn (Gr); Polemoniaceae: Phlox divaricata laphamii sn (WF); Polygonaceae: Fallopia scandens sn (Rb), Persicaria pensylvanica sn (Rb); Portulacaceae: Claytonia virginica sn (Rb); Rosaceae: Fragaria virginiana sn (Rb), Potentilla argentea sn (Lw), Potentilla recta sn (Lw); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn (Rb), Houstonia lanceolata sn (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Agalinis tenuifolia sn np (Rb), Dasistoma macrophylla sn np (Rb), Linaria vulgaris sn np (Rb), Veronicastrum virginicum sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena stricta sn fq (Rb, H, V), Verbena urticifolia sn (Rb); Violaceae: Viola cucullata sn (Rb), Viola pedata sn (Rb)


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