Maypop Passionflower

(Passiflora incarnata)

Characteristics

Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Herbaceous perennial vine

Root anatomy: Initial roots fibrous from vigorous taproots, large rootstock develops later

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, palmate with 3 to 5 lobes, serrate margins

Reproduction: Axillary inflorescences, petals bluish-white to purple, corona of thin segments white or lavender banded with purple; berry fruit

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}