Passiflora lutea
yellow passionflower, yellow passion vine
Family
Passifloraceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
palmate lobed
Growth Form
vine
Flower Color
green, yellow
Flower Month
May - October
Height (meters)
6.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Field Characters
Leaves 3 lobed, occasionally slightly mottled with no glands at the base of the petiole. Flowers yellowish to white with a bluish to black fruit.
Animal Use
This is a major food plant for several species of butterfly larvae. The pollen of this species is the only known larval foodstuff of the oligolectic (and possibly monolectic) Passionflower Bee, Anthemurgus passiflorae (RESLIT 2840). This plant serves as the larval host for the Julia Heliconian butterfly.
Habitat
Low, rocky, moist woods and thickets.