FNPS Plant Database

Passiflora multiflorus

whiteflower passionflower, white-flowered passionflower

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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

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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

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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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.

Citations:

Chapin, Linda G.  2000.  Field Guide to the rare plants of Florida.  Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee.



Flora of North America.  Accessed 2022.  http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250100987



Hammer, Roger. 2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Presses of Florida.



Institute for Regional Conservation.  Plants for Your Neighborhood.   https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Passmult



Minno, Marc and Maria Minno.  1999.  Florida butterfly gardening.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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