Purple Passionflower

Passiflora incarnata L. - Passion-flower family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 25.0 feet

Plant Type: Vine, Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Pink, Blue, Purple

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Purple Passionflower: Agraulis vanillae, Agraulis vanillae incarnata, Agraulis vanillae nigrior, Araulis vanillae, Dryas iulia, Euptoieta claudia, Sabulodes caberata

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.