Birdwing Passionflower
Passiflora tenuiloba
Birdwing passionflower is a fine-leaved desert passionvine of Texas and the Southwest, with tiny green-yellow flowers, a drought-hardy larval host for fritillaries and longwings.
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 2–5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- NM, TX
Related native plants
More Passiflora species
- Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
- Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea)
- Fetid Passionflower (Passiflora foetida)