Botanical Name:   Passiflora violacea

Common Names:   Lavender Lady Passionvine

Plant type:   vine

Host for:   Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae, Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia, Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia, and Julia Dryas iulia Host or Larval Food Plant

Zone:   6-10

Light:   Full sun to full shade

Size:   1

Water:   Average water needs, tolerates drought

Soil:   Average garden soil

Propagation:   Seed, cuttings, layering

Bloom:   Lavender - Purple

Note:   Plant in shade to attract Zebra Longwings. Zebra Longwing butterflies lay eggs on tender tip growth and tendrils on passionvine growing in the shade or on a very cloudy day.

Butterfly Bloom Attractant:   8




Butterfly Attractant Scale:    0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.

These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.