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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Passiflora incarnata
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Passiflora incarnata
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 131-01-001:
Passiflora incarnata
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
COMMON NAME:
Passionflower, Maypop
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JK Marlow jkm0405o_06
May Greenville County SC
Field
Leaves finely toothed, leaf base truncate or rounded, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
Lisa Wagner lkw_passifloraandbee
June?
Carpenter bees collect nectar from the flowers. Lisa Wagner
JK Marlow jkm0507n_29
July Greenville County SC
Fruit a yellow (green) edible berry, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm100704_013
July Greenville County SC
Sepals 2.5-3.5cm long, with a soft horn-like subapical appendage 1-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Mark A. Musselman mam_passionflower071508c
July Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
JK Marlow jkm0408e_06
August Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Fruit a large pod-like berry, ovoid, 4-6cm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm190804_0575
August Greenville County SC
Sepals 2.5-3.5cm long, with a soft horn-like subapical appendage 1-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm190804_0579
August Greenville County SC
Leaves deeply palmately 3-lobed; lobes with constricted bases & pointed tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_passiflora_incarnata
September
Sepals and petals surmounted by elaborate fringelike purple-banded corona, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Ben Geer Keys bgk1035_a
Month Unknown
Yellowish anthers circle below 3 arching styles and enlarged stigmas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.