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| PLANT PROFILE Passion Vines in Central Florida by Sharon LaPlante |
| Passion flower, Passiflora incarnata Leaves: Finely toothed, deeply (three - five) lobed, 2 1/2" wide - 6" long, with glandular petioles. Flower: Sepals white, petals bluish-white, with a lavender, fringed corona of blue-purple, banded with purple, 4" diameter, spring summer & fall bloom. Fruit: Large, (3") edible, egg shaped fruit, yellowish at maturity. Habit: A perennial vine climbing by tendrils, but generally growing prostrate. Habitat: Grows in the full sun of open woods & old fields. Found throughout the state. Yellow maypop, Passiflora lutea Leaves: Entire, wider than long, with shallow lobes (3/4" - 4" wide). Stems are remotely to densely pilose, & petioles are without glands. Flower: Small, sepals are green, petals are yellow-green, 1/2" to 3/4" diameter. Blooms in spring, summer, & fall. Fruit: Small, edible berries, 3/8", green turning to black at maturity. Habit: A perennial vine climbing by tendrils. Habitat: Grows in the part shade of woodlands. Found in northern Florida south to Hernando & Lake Counties. Corky stem passion vine, Passiflora suberosa Leaves: May be entire to three lobed, 1 1/2" to 4" in length. Stem becoming woody, & winged with maturity. Petioles glandular. Flower: The sepals are long & greenish white and resemble petals, which are absent. Blooming all year. Fruit: Small, edible berries, 3/8", green turning to purple-black at maturity. Habit: Perennial vine climbing by tendrils. Habitat: Grows in the part shade of hammocks & shell middens Found in the central & southern peninsula of Florida The remainder of Florida's native Passion vines: Two lobe passion flower, Passiflora biflora is found in Dade County White flower passion vine, Passiflora multiflora is found in Dade & Monroe Counties Pineland passion flower, Passiflora pallens is found in Collier, Dade & Monroe Counties Goatsfoot, Passiflora sexflora is found in Dade County Exotic Passion vines: Scarlet passion flower, Passiflora coccinea is native to South America Purple granadilla, Passiflora edulis is native to South America Fetid passion flower, Passiflora foetida is native to tropical America |
| References: Austin, Dan. Coastal Dune Plants. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center of South Palm Beach County, Inc. 1991. Austin, Dan. Pine Rockland Plant Guide. The Dade County Dept. of Environmental Resources Mgmt. Bell, C. Ritchie and B. J. Taylor. Florida Wildflowers and Roadside Plants. Laurel Hill Press: Chapel Hill, NC. 1982 Radford, Albert E., H. E. Ahles and C. R. Bell. Manual of Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC. 1964 SBN: 0807810878 (1968 edition) Wunderlin, Richard P. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, FL. 1998 ISBN: 0813015561 |
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