Passionflower Vine

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