Passiflora actinia | Passion Flower | 20_Seeds Five-spotted hawkmoth

Passiflora actinia | Passion Flower | 20_Seeds Five-spotted hawkmothThis is Passiflora actinia. This passion vine has gorgeous flowers and delicious yellow fruit. This plant works as a decorative plant and as a food source. The evergreen vine has beautiful heart shaped leaves. This is a host plant for the Zebra Long Wing, Zebra Heliconian, Julia Heliconian, Isabellas Heliconian, Banded Orange Heliconian, Mexican Fritillary, Scarce Bamboo Page, Erato Heliconian, Variegated Fritillary, and Gulf Fritillary butterflies.

also known as White passion flower

and Oval leaf Milkweed

These seeds are from Aristolochia macroura Ortega

This is the caterpillar larval host plant of the Long-tailed Skipper and Juvenals Duskywing butterflies

The meaning of macroura is long tail

This is Asclepias incarnata White

From late Winter to the middle of Spring Berberis fendleri has yellow blossoms

The other parts of the plant are toxic because of their high selenium content

Orange-edged Roadside-Skipper

and banana poka

Fiery Skipper

this plant brings interest to any garden