Passiflora nitida | Wild Granadilla | Bell Apple | 10_Seeds Tailed Sulphur

Passiflora nitida | Wild Granadilla | Bell Apple | 10_Seeds Tailed SulphurThis is Passiflora nitida, also known as Wild Granadilla, and Bell Apple. This is a very tasty and sweet orangish yellow passion fruit. The vine is fast growing. 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. It is also a larval host plant for the Plebeian

also known as Twining Snapdragon

but if you collect the seeds and grow them you will not get the same results

This shrub can grow to about 6 feet tall and blooms repeatedly from late Spring until early Fall

and Pineland Passionvine

also known as American Wisteria

It grows to 1 or 2 feet high and likes to live in sun to partial shade

North American Indians dries and aged the roots of this plant

Blue Jasmine

and the Yellow-collared Scape

This highly versatile plant is edible and the fiber is very useful in making cloth

and butterflies

The fragrant flowers attracts birds