Scientific Name
Passiflora incarnata
Common Name
Passion flower; Maypops
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial vine
Height:
Vine
Flower/fruit:
2 to 3 inch lavender flower with a fringed crown; 2 inch egg-shaped fruit, yellowish green when ripe; edible
Flowering Season:
Spring, summer
Foliage:
3-lobed leaves, 3 to 5 inches wide; toothed; pair of prominent glands on leaf stalk
Site:
Fertile, well-drained soil; sun; open woods, thickets, dry fields
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