Flowering Plants Visited
by Strymon
melinus
Strymon melinus Hübner: Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Hilty, Clinebell, Fothergill & Vaughn, and Wilhelm & Rericha; this butterfly is the Gray Hairstreak)
Apiaceae: Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb, WR); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias sullivanti [plab sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Aster pilosus sn (Rb, H, FV), Boltonia asterioides sn (Rb), Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb), Echinacea pallida sn (Cl), Erigeron philadelphicus sn (FV), Heliopsis helianthoides sn (Rb), Pluchea camphorata sn (FV), Ratibida pinnata sn (Rb), Rudbeckia subtomentosa sn (Rb), Solidago gigantea sn (FV), Taraxacum officinale sn (FV), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb); Caprifoliaceae: Viburnum prunifolium sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Lespedeza virginica sn np (Rb), Melilotus alba sn (Rb), Trifolium repens sn (FV); Lamiaceae: Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Persicaria hydropiperoides sn (FV); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn (Rb); Santalaceae: Comandra umbellata sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Phyla lanceolata sn (FV), Verbena stricta sn (Rb), Verbena urticifolia sn (Rb)