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Common names: Yellow passionflower <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
 
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Common environments for ''P. lutea'' include woodlands, forests, thickets, and maritime forests. <ref name= "Weakley"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>
 
Common environments for ''P. lutea'' include woodlands, forests, thickets, and maritime forests. <ref name= "Weakley"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>
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Specimens have been recovered from edges of maritime hammocks, disturbed roadsides near woodlands, on bases of slopes, and pine-oak woodlands. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Leon, Liberty)</ref>
 
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June and July are the common flowering months for ''P lutea''. <ref name= "Pan Flora"> [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Pan Flora]</ref>
 
June and July are the common flowering months for ''P lutea''. <ref name= "Pan Flora"> [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Pan Flora]</ref>

Revision as of 15:51, 6 June 2018

Common names: Yellow passionflower [1]

Passiflora lutea
Passiflora lutea 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. lutea
Binomial name
Passiflora lutea
L.
PASS LUTE DIST.JPG
Natural range of Passiflora lutea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: none

Variety: glabriflora (Fernald)

Description

P. lutea is a perennial forb/her/vine of the Passifloraceae family that is native to North America. [1]

Distribution

P. lutea is found throughout the southeastern United States; from Florida north to Pennsylvania, and west to Texas and Kansas. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

P. lutea has little tolerance for drought conditions and a low tolerance for fire. It is extremely tolerant of shade. [1]

Common environments for P. lutea include woodlands, forests, thickets, and maritime forests. [2]

Specimens have been recovered from edges of maritime hammocks, disturbed roadsides near woodlands, on bases of slopes, and pine-oak woodlands. [3]

Phenology

June and July are the common flowering months for P lutea. [4]

Use by animals

Birds will use the species for food. [1]

Conservation and Management

P. lutea is considered a weed in Illinois but is labeled as endangered in Pennsylvania. [1]

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 USDA Plant Database
  2. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Leon, Liberty)
  4. Pan Flora