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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Passiflora lutea
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Yellow Passionflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Passiflora lutea
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Passiflora lutea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 131-01-003:
Passiflora lutea FAMILY Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Passiflora lutea
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_palu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_palu2_007_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120415_063
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm250618_1069
June Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Greenish-yellow axillary flowers only 1" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm250618_1071
June Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
5 slender petals, 5 greenish sepals, 5 pale yellowish anthers and 3 long green styles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow s060617_h
June Greenville County SC
Leaves much broader than long, 3 rounded shallow lobes, without teeth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1712
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_passiflora_lutea_7
July
The 3 long green styles have enlarged stigmas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Mark A. Musselman mam_plutea082407
August Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_lutea_lutea
August
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JK Marlow jkm0309c_36
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0309c_37
September Greenville County SC
Vines climbing by axillary, simple tendrils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bill Stringer wcsplutea_ripefruit
September
Berry black at maturity, 0.8-1.5cm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Passiflora lutea
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Passiflora lutea
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Passiflora lutea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 131-01-003:
Passiflora lutea
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Passiflora lutea
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Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, forests, thickets, maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p214
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p140
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p229
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p388
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p430
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p540
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p396
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p248
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p054
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p278
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p082
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p105
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p105
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