Passiflora incarnata L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Passifloraceae

• Scientific Name

  Passiflora incarnata L.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems climbing or trailing to 8 m, pubescent; petioles pubescent, glandular at or near the summit; lvs deeply 3-lobed, puberulent beneath, truncate or rounded to a small cuneate base, the lobes lance-ovate, constricted at base, acuminate, serrulate; peduncle elongate, with glandular-serrate bracts above; fls 4–6 cm wide, the pet and sep white, the outer corona 2 cm, purple or pink, the inner much shorter; berry edible, yellow, ellipsoid, 5 cm; 2n=18, 36. Fields, roadsides, thickets, and open woods; Va. and sw. Pa. to s. O., s. Ill. and Okla., s. to Fla. and Tex. June–Aug.

• Common Names

  maypops