Zanthoxylum Fagara " Wild Lime"

Zanthoxylum Fagara " Wild Lime" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Giant Swallowtail ( Papilio Cresphontes) and Schaus Swallowtail ( Papilio Aristodemus)

Pot Size: 3 Gallon

Height: 1 to 2 feet

Facts about Zanthoxylum Fagara host plant:

Wild lime tree is one important host plant for the giant swallowtail butterfly. The leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, with a conspicuously winged rachis; leaflets numbering seven to nine, obovate to ovate, 3/4" long, margins crenate on at least the upper half of the leaflet. Flowers: yellow green and very small. Fruit: a dry, black, shiny seed in a brownish husk. Distribution: hammock areas.

* Family: Rutaceae

* Zones: 9 to 11

* Height: 5 to 20 feet

* Bloom Time: Spring

* Sun: Full sun to part shade 

* Water: Moist to very dry