Photo 2660025, (c) Chuck Sexton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chuck Sexton

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What

Lesser Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

Observer

gcwarbler

Date

November 8, 2015

Description

This is the native balloon vine of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the host plant for Silver-banded Skipper. Only the "balloon" fruits are readily visable. The vine was growing over some Solanum plants, which constitute most of the foliage you see in the images. The plant had been pointed out to me the previous day at the NABA Butterfly Park.

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