General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 15-30 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: 1.5 inch papery pod, green maturing to cinnamon brown.
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Yellow Butterfly Vine
  • Yellow Orchid Vine
  • Gallinita
  • Brazilian Golden Vine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Callaeum macropterum
  • Synonym: Mascagnia macroptera

Photo Gallery
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2016-10-04
Too much rain, vine escaped!
Location: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: 2016-09-08
Location: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: 2016-09-08
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2017-09-21
This vine is either evergreen or semi-evergreen in our area
Location: Kyle
Date: 2018-09-30
Easy to grow
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2012-10-16
Seed pods resemble butterflies
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: October
Uploaded by hawkarica
Uploaded by froggardener
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2012-10-16
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2012-10-16
Newly formed seed pod shaped like butterfly
Location: my garden 
Date: 2012-08-14
Location: Alabama Gulf Coast (z8b)
Date: June
Location: Nita garden 
Date: 2016-08-07
Location: my garden 
Date: 2016-08-07
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2011-01-19
Location: my garden 
Date: 2012-08-14
Location: my garden 
Date: 2012-08-14
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