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Revision as of 10:15, 7 June 2018

Common name: purple passionflower [1], maypop [2]

Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora incarnata SEF.jpg
Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Violales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. incarnata
Binomial name
Passiflora incarnata
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PASS INCA DIST.JPG
Natural range of Passiflora incarnata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: none

Description

P. incarnata is a perennial forb/herb/vine of the Passifloraceae family native to North America. [1]

Distribution

P. incarnata is found in the southeastern corner of the United States. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

P. incarnata proliferates in roadsides, fencerows, thickets, and fields. [2]

Phenology

P. incarnata flowers April-August and October. [3]

Conservation and Management

P. incarnata is listed as rare by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Nature Preserves, as threatened by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, and as a weedy or invasive species by the University Press of Kentucky and the Southern Weed Science Society. [1]

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PAIN6
  2. 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/24/18