• Plant: Corkstem Passionflower (Passiflora suberosa)
  • Uploaded by mellielong
  • Info: Leaves / 2015-03-17 / Lutz, FL / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: The two dark nodules at the base of the leaf are supposed to look like butterfly eggs. The plant evolved this as a mechanism to keep butterflies from laying eggs on it because they would think another butterfly had already come and laid eggs. Many Passi
Photo of Corkstem Passionflower (Passiflora suberosa) uploaded by mellielong

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