Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Corona de Cristo

The Corona de Cristo (Passiflora foetida) is an incredibly beautiful flower in the Passifloraceae (Passion-Flower) Family:




The Passion-Flower vine is a larval host for Gulf Fritillary butterflies. I know I have written about it previously, but it bears repeating: if there are no Passion-Flower vines, there will be no Gulf Fritillaries. Period.

This set of photographs was taken on the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River between the ConcepcĂ­on Park and Confluence Park trailheads on Monday, October 7, 2013.

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