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Passiflora incarnata L.
purple passionflower

       
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Passiflora incarnata L.

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Distribution:
Passiflora incarnata L.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Passiflora incarnata L.

View 1 genera in Passifloraceae, 46 species in Passiflora
 

Classification:
Passiflora incarnata L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Violales
Family Passifloraceae – Passion-flower family
Genus Passiflora L. – passionflower
Species Passiflora incarnata L. – purple passionflower
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Passiflora incarnata L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
purple passion-flower              Rare
Ohio:
maypop              Threatened
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Passiflora incarnata L.

purple passionflower

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Passiflora incarnata L.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller             Minor  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Passiflora incarnata L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504139.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Passiflora incarnata L.

Herbal Information Resources

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery

University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service

Wildflowers of Alabama

Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

 
 
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