Papilio polyxenes
Common name: Black Swallowtail
Feeds on these plants:
Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)
Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)
Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)
Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)
Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)
Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)
Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)
Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’
Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)
Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'
Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)
Echinacea
(sold as Big Sky Harvest Moon)
Echinacea
(sold as Big Sky Yellow)
Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)
Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)
Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)
Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)
Rhododendron ciliicalyx ssp. lyi
Rhododendron edgeworthii ssp. edgeworthia
Rhododendron falconeri subsection falconera
Rhododendron galactinum subsection falconera
Rhododendron haematodes ssp. chaetomallum subsection neriiflora
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Alaska’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Dorothy Gish’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘George Lindley Taber’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Gumpo’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Hakata Shiro’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Phoeniceum’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pink Lace’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pride Of Dorking’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Red Sunset’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Rose Queen’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Satsuki Shugetsu’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Sweetheart Suprem’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Avenir)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Billie Dee)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Brilliant)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Easter Parade)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Flamingo)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Garden Party)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Happy Days)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Ku Coral)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Mansaku)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Price)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Purple Passion)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Thundercloud)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Very Berry)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as White Lace)
Rhododendron impeditum
(sold as Dwarf Impeditum)
Rhododendron leucaspis ssp. boothia
Rhododendron neriflorum ssp. neriflorum
Rhododendron pachytrichum ssp. maculifera
Rhododendron ponticum
(sold as Variegatum)
Rhododendron sidereum ssp. grandia
Rhododendron veitchianum ssp. maddenia
Rhododendron xanthostephanum ssp. tephropepla
Rhododendron ‘Anna Rose Whitney’
Rhododendron ‘Cunningham's Blush’
Rhododendron ‘Lee's Dark Purple’
Rhododendron ‘Virginia Richards’
Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii
Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)
Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)
Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’
Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’
Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)
Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)
Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)
Salvia
(sold as Red Hot Sally)
Syringa pubescens ssp. microphylla
Syringa pubescens ssp. patula ‘Miss Kim’
Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
Tropaeolum majus
(sold as Alaska Mix)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Quartz scarlet)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Red & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Tapien Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Raspberry)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec White Magic)
Verbena
(sold as Babylon Deep Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena
(sold as Tukana White)
Papilio polyxenes, the Black Swallowtail, can be found in nearly all US states.
Favorite nectar plants include: Allium, Asclepias, Buddleja, Lantana, Liatris, Lilium, Pentas, Sylvia, Taraxacum, Tithonia, Verbena, and Vernonia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
Aegopodium
Anethum
Anethum graveolens
Angelica
Angelica ampla
Angelica atropurpurea
Angelica venenosa
Apium
Apium graveolens
Apium graveolens dulce
Berula erecta
Brassica oleracea capitata
Carum carvi
Cicuta
Cicuta bulbifera
Cicuta douglasii
Cicuta maculata
Conium
Conium maculatum
Cosmos
Cryptotaenia canadensis
Cymopterus panamintensis
Cymopterus panamintensis acutifolius
Daucus
Daucus carota
Daucus carota sativus
Daucus dioica
Daucus pusillus
Dictamnus
Dictamnus albus
Eryngium cuneifolium
Foeniculum
Foeniculum vulgare
Harbouria trachypleura
Heracleum
Heracleum maximum
Levisticum officinale
Ligusticum
Ligusticum scoticum
Lomatium
Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia virginiana
Musineon tenuifolium
Osmorhiza claytonii
Osmorhiza longistylis
Osmorhiza longistylis
Oxypolis canbyi
Oxypolis filiformis
Pastinaca
Pastinaca sativa
Petroselinum
Petroselinum crispum
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Ruta graveolens
Ruta graveolens
Sanicula odorata
Sium suave
Solidago
Spananthe paniculata
Spermolepis divaricata
Taenidia
Taenidia integerrima
Tauschia arguta
Tauschia parishii
Thamnosma
Thamnosma montana
Thamnosma texana
Thaspium barbinode
Torilis
Zanthoxylum americanum
Zizia
