White Vine, Sarcostemma clausum, also called Twine Vine,
is a
Milkweed Vine that
Soldier
and
Queen Butterflies use as their
host plant. If you
plant it in your butterfly garden, put it where it can't grow all over
other plants that you love. I've found it
growing in several places here in South East Florida, always by the
water.
Vines like this are great for hiding an old tree stump if you
have one you've been meaning to remove someday. The hurricanes left me
with several, and I'm enjoying them because I consider them a natural
hurricane proof trellis for my White Vine Milkweed,
Passion Vines, and
Virginia Creeper.
This
Soldier Butterfly is a
fast bug. I tried for a long time to get a better photo of it on the
White Vine, but it kept moving, and the White Vine it was sipping nectar
from was growing on the steep edge of a canal, so I couldn't follow it
most of the time.
The vine grew over everything around it, but since most of those plants
were invasive
Brazilian Pepper, in this instance that growth habit is a
good thing.