Ptelea Trifoliate " Hop tree"

Ptelea Trifoliate " Hop tree" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Giant Swallowtail ( Papilio Cresphontes)

Pot Size: 1 Gallon

Height: 12" to 18" 

Facts about Ptelea Trifoliate host plant:

Called Hop tree also know as: Stinking Ash, Skunk Bush is an important host plant for giant swallowtail butterfly. The leaves are alternate, compound, with long petioles; leaflets typically three in number  but sometime five, varying considerably in size and shape, exhibiting a musky odor when crushed; terminal leaflet elliptic to oval, margins entire to sometimes crenate or serrate; lateral leaflets ovate to lanceolate, typically in equilateral on either side of the central vein. Flowers: greenish white, borne in a widely branched panicle near the end of the branchlets. Fruit: a flattened, winged, samara; samara borne at the ends of branches in rounded cluster up to about 1" in diameter. Distribution: bluffs and rich woodlands.

* Family: Rutaceae

* Zones: 4 to 9

* Height: 15 to 20 feet

* Bloom Time: June

* Sun: Full sun to part shade 

* Water: Medium to Dry