PURPLE PASSIONFLOWER (Passiflora incarnata)

WHAT FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT IS BLOOMING TODAY?: PURPLE PASSIONFLOWER (Passiflora incarnata)

First Bloom of the 2020 season!

Also called Maypop (appropriately) and passionvine. A deciduous vine that climbs by tendrils. Can spread by underground runners far from initial planting, so not for every garden situation.

Larval host plant for Gulf Fritillary Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae), Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia), Variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia). Fruits edible by mammals, including humans.

Learn: http://fnps.org/plants/plant/passiflora-incarnata

Native American Ethnobotany for this genus: http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Passiflora+incarnata

Where does it grow in Florida? https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3464

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