Passiflora multiflorus
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11
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Whiteflower Passionflower, White-flowered Passionflower
Passifloraceae
Plant Specifics
| 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. | |
| Habitats: | Rockland/tropical hammocks |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Rarely planted. Given the proper support this plant could likely be used as a climbing vine hedge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| 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 Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Humus (organic, upland), Lime rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Birds and other wildlife eat the fruits.
Larval host plant for julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia) butterflies and likely other species.
Pollinated by bees.