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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Yellow Passion Flower (Passiflora lutea L.)

Photographic Location: A friends property in Middle Tennessee.

This wildflower is a member of the Passion-Flower Family (Passifloraceae)

Yellow passionflower is often good for butterfly gardens, as it is a host for gulf fritillaries, julia butterflies (Dryas julia), and zebra longwings (Heliconius charitonius). It is also the only pollen source used by an unusual specialist bee, Anthemurgus passiflorae, which is the sole member of its genus; this rare bee is unusual in that despite its obligate relationship with the plant (oligolecty), it does not pollinate it.

Photographic Location: A friends property in Middle Tennessee.

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