Passionflower Vine, Maypop

Passiflora incarnata L.

Passifloraceae (Passionflower Family)

▲ new shoot in spring

▲ vine along a fence

▲ flowering vine

▲▼ flowers

▲▼ fruit

Maypop, Passionflower Vine:

· Native, creeping perennial vine with creeping roots in the Passionflower Family (Passifloraceae)

· Climbs by clasping tendrils

· Leaves and stems bright green; leaves usually 3-lobed

· Flowers large, showy, usually whitish with many purple-striped “threads” surrounding the center

· Fruit is a green, egg-shaped capsule with pulpy flesh surrounding the seeds; not as tasty as the regular edible passionfruit

· Sometimes cultivated, but can invade landscape beds, gardens