Very cool. I just looked up Passiflora. What a beautiful plant. When I was a kid a collected insects for roughly 10 years, so I can relate.

They love the Lantana for Nectar and the only host plant for the larvae is the Passiflora. The Passiflora Incarnata is a native in the Southeast. It is commonly considered a weed. They have a green fruit about the size and shape of a lemon that is hollow and it will pop if you step on it. I have begun planting them on fences and trellises and the larvae strip them of their leaves in late summer. My Granddaughter likes to collect the larvae and watch them hatch.

That’s interesting. When growing up in the Bay Area I would only see Fritillaries if we went up into the mountains. But this vine attracts them. I never see those butterflies anywhere…but they love this plant.

I thought it looked like Lantana but I have never seen the trailing variety. Lantana is a common garden plant in the Southeast and it is a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds. I have Lantana and Passiflora Incarnata (Maypops)for the larvae and We have dozens of Gulf Fritillary butterflies in the summer along with many other varieties of butterflies.

You are awesome! Yep…that’s it. Thank you. I love this plant. I was sitting on the porch about an hour ago watching all of the moths that come to the flowers at dusk. Thanks again.

I think it is Trailing Lantana. I have this plant too, and it grows beside my driveway.