Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Beverly Friedel, Palm Beach Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

whiteflower passionflower, white-flowered passionflower

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Passiflora multiflorus

Family:

Passifloraceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

vine

Size:

High climbing vine with stems to 10 ft long, sprawling and scrambling over other vegetation.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

greenish-white, not very showy

Fruit Color:

blue-black

Phenology:

Blooms summer to fall. Can produce hundreds to thousands of flowers at once, often in several flushes during the year.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Rarely planted.  Given the proper support this plant could likely be used as a climbing vine hedge.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagation:

Can be grown from seed. 

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Coming Soon!

Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Short very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Clay

Soil pH:

calcareous

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds

Larval host plant for julia Heliconian ( Dryas iulia ) butterflies and likely other species.





Pollinated by bees.

Birds and other wildlife eat the fruits.

Native Habitats:

Rockland/tropical hammocks

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Listed as Endangered in Florida.