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



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

        

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_palu2_007_lvd

        

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

JK Marlow    jkm120415_063

April    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

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).


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image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

JK Marlow    jkm0307l_29

July    Greenville County    SC

Greenish-yellow axillary flowers only 1" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_passiflora_lutea_7

July        

5 pale yellowish anthers and 3 long green styles with enlarged stigmas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_passiflora_lutea_9

July        

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

Tim Spira    tpsp_lutea

July        

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

Mark A. Musselman    mam_plutea082407

August    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_lutea_lutea

August        

5 slender petals, 5 greenish sepals, a corona of threadlike segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

JK Marlow    jkm0309c_36

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

JK Marlow    jkm0309c_37

September    Greenville County    SC

Vines climbing by axillary, simple tendrils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

Bill Stringer    wcsplutea_flower

September        

image of Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower, Little Passionflower

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1036

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, forests, thickets, maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark purple
Berry

 

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