Cabbage White Butterfly
Pieris rapae
Small white butterfly with black wing tips and gray underwing spots. Invasive species with multiple Bay Area broods yearly. Caterpillars devastate brassicas; native Pieris butterflies compete with this introduced pest.
Plants that support Cabbage White Butterfly
25 plants
Tower Mustard
Turritis glabra
perennial herb
Larval Host
Watercress
Nasturtium officinale
perennial herb
Larval Host
Alkali Seaheath
Frankenia salina
perennial herb
Nectar
Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa
annual
Nectar
Bluff lettuce
Dudleya farinosa
perennial herb
Larval Host
Broad-leaved Lupine
Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
perennial herb
Larval Host
Bugloss-flowered fiddleneck
Amsinckia lycopsoides
annual
Larval Host
Bur Marigold
Bidens laevis
annual
Nectar
California Brickellbush
Brickellia californica
shrub
Larval Host
California Figwort
Scrophularia californica
perennial herb
Larval Host
Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
perennial herb
Foliage
Coastal Hedgenettle
Stachys chamissonis
perennial herb
Nectar
Creeping Oregon Grape
Berberis aquifolium var. repens
shrub
Foliage
Creeping Sage
Salvia sonomensis
shrub
Nectar
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
perennial herb
Nectar
Giant Figwort*
Adelinia grandis
perennial herb
Larval Host
Hairy Thorn-apple
Datura wrightii
perennial herb
Larval Host
Hummingbird Sage
Salvia spathacea
perennial herb
Nectar
Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
perennial herb
Nectar
Pink Honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
vine
Nectar
Rod Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria virgata subsp. pleurocarpa
annual
Larval Host
Rosilla
Helenium puberulum
perennial herb
Larval Host
Silvery beachweed
Ambrosia chamissonis
perennial herb
Foliage
Western marsh rosemary
Limonium californicum
perennial herb
Larval Host
Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
perennial herb
Nectar