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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. Passionfruit Family
  7. Passionflowers
  8. Passiflora foetida
  9. Stinking Passionflower

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Stinking Passionflower

Passiflora foetida

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

27 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mexican Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Julia Heliconian 10
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Passionflower Bee 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Smooth-billed Ani, Citron Bug, Pigweed Flea Beetle 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Neotropical Red Paper Wasp, Eastern Carpenter Bee, Valley Carpenter Bee, American Bumble Bee 13

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Dry
Water use
Medium
Deer resistant
Yes
Plant type
Annual Vine Wildflower

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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