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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Passiflora incarnata   FAMILY Passifloraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Passiflora incarnata   FAMILY Passifloraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Passiflora incarnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 131-01-001:

Passiflora incarnata   FAMILY Passifloraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Passiflora incarnata

 

COMMON NAME:
Purple Passionflower, Maypop


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_189

        

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pain6_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0405o_06

May    Greenville County    SC

Field

Leaves finely toothed, leaf base truncate or rounded, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm160626_085

June    Polk County    NC

Pacolet Area Conservancy

Here trained to a trellis!

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

JK Marlow    jkm190618_9302

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1680

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

Lisa Wagner    lkw_passifloraandbee

June?        

Carpenter bees collect nectar from the flowers. — Lisa Wagner

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JK Marlow    jkm0507n_29

July    Greenville County    SC

Fruit a yellow (green) edible berry, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100704_013

July    Greenville County    SC

Sepals 2.5-3.5cm long, with a soft horn-like subapical appendage 1-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

Mark A. Musselman    mam_passionflower071508c

July    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm0408e_06

August    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Fruit a large pod-like berry, ovoid, 4-6cm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100809_408

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Pollinator at work.

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

JK Marlow    jkm190804_0575

August    Greenville County    SC

Sepals 2.5-3.5cm long, with a soft horn-like subapical appendage 1-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

JK Marlow    jkm190804_0579

August    Greenville County    SC

Leaves deeply palmately 3-lobed; lobes with constricted bases & pointed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

JK Marlow    jkm190804_0584

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

JK Marlow    jkm190804_0589

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_passiflora_incarnata

September        

Sepals and petals surmounted by elaborate fringelike purple-banded corona, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Judy Seeley    jud_gulf_fritillary_cat

October    Pickens County    SC

In cultivation

Passionflower is a host of the Gulf fritillary butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, per University of Florida's Featured Creatures.

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Sam Pratt    sbp_101520_1933

October    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Passiflora incarnata, Purple Passionflower, Maypop

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1035_a

Month Unknown        

Yellowish anthers circle below 3 arching styles and enlarged stigmas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Passiflora incarnata   FAMILY Passifloraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Passiflora incarnata   FAMILY Passifloraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Passiflora incarnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 131-01-001:
Passiflora incarnata   FAMILY Passifloraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Passiflora incarnata

 

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Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, fencerows, thickets, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bluish/White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green
Berry

 

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