Passiflora multiflorus
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Whiteflower Passionflower, White-flowered Passionflower
Passifloraceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Vine | |
| Size: | High climbing vine with stems to 10 ft long, sprawling and scrambling over other vegetation. | |
| Life Span: | Short-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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Can be grown from seed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Short very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Short very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Humus (organic, upland), Lime rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Calcareous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Birds and other wildlife eat the fruits. | |
| Insects: | Larval host plant for julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia) butterflies and likely other species. Pollinated by bees. | |
| Native Habitats: | Rockland/tropical hammocks |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| General Comments: | Listed as Endangered in Florida. |