Passiflora lutea

Family:PASSIFLORACEAE
Species:Passiflora lutea L.
Common Name:Yellow Passion Flower
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PALU2
Plant Notes:Yellow Passion Flower is a native perennial herbaceous vine in the Passion-Flower family (Passifloraceae). It can be found statewide in Alabama. Yellow Passion Flower occurs on roadsides, in forest clearings, and in waste areas, usually on moist sites. It is a perennial forming an extensive system of rhizomes. The above ground stems are glabrous or sparsely hairy herbaceous vines climbing by tendrils. The stems are green in color and range in length from 8-20 feet. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, three lobed, and glabrous or minutely pubescent. They often turn bright yellow in the autumn. The small pale greenish-yellow flowers are solitary or in pairs from the leaf axils. They have a distinctive corona (crown) of pale yellowish or greenish filaments. The fruit of Yellow Passion Flower is a fleshy berry that turns purple-black as it ripens. It has been used to produce a purple dye. The fruit contains many seed, each surrounded by a fluid filled sac. Yellow Passion Flower vines are larval food plants for several species of butterflies, and the fruit are eaten by birds and small mammals. It is deer resistant. Yellow Passion Flowers require full to partial sun for best growth. They do well in average soil and moisture conditions. Support should be provided for them to climb on. Plants can be grown from seed or rooted from cuttings. It can be used in pollinator and butterfly gardens, on fences or trellises, and is happy in containers.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPASSIFLORACEAE - Passion-Flower family
Genus Passiflora
Species Passiflora lutea L. - Yellow Passion Flower

Citation

Citation Passiflora lutea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 958. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1070.19). Lectotypified by Killip, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 19: 136. 1938.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Granadilla lutea Granadilla lutea (Linnaeus) Medikus, Malvenfam. 96. 1787.BASIONYM: Passiflora lutea Linnaeus 1753. 
Passiflora lutea var. glabriflora Passiflora lutea Linnaeus, var. glabriflora Fernald, Rhodora 41: 436. 1939. TYPE: ILLINOIS: St. Clair Co.: Cliff between Sugar Loaf and Falling Spring, 5 Oct 1918, Greenman 3926 (holotype: GH).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00047588 Madison 25 Sep 1971 Simmers, Richard W.
s.n.
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000022049 Marshall 12 Jun 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2618
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22510 Jackson 25 Jul 1970 Hopson, George R.
00103
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141070 Jackson 27 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
907
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_38346 Macon 14 Aug 1971 Cook, Harry D.
108
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
ALNHS00002283 Colbert 22 Aug 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-37
ALNHS
Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000051343 St. Clair 14 Jun 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9677
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000028114 Marengo 10 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1408
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141063 DeKalb 30 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5585
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33242 Bibb 2 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
509
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141075 Limestone 14 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18048
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_537 Fayette 14 Sep 1954 Moore, William H.
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
TROY000039205 Butler 01 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24491
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17539 Elmore 5 Aug 1969 Rebois, R.V.
134
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141072 Jefferson 15 Aug 1969 Steeves, Burges R.
219-2
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011834 Jefferson 16 Aug 1879 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
UWAL0018225 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5171
UWAL
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141084 Marshall 07 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5968
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48913 Pike 28 Jun 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5123
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
UWAL0043453 Baldwin 28 Jun 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
394
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
ALNHS00001126 Conecuh 21 May 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#461
ALNHS
Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00034197 Wilcox 09 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1264A
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
UWAL0032643 Lawrence 07 Jun 2016 England, J. Kevin
6549
UWAL
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141060 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18945
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141083 Marshall 19 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2349
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_69495 Escambia 8 Jul 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4078
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141053 Calhoun 20 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
784
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_39272 Wilcox 16 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
965
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141081 Madison 11 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8418
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00053924 Blount 19 Aug 1997 Keener, Brian R.
315
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141054 Calhoun 10 Sep 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
888
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000048867 Autauga 28 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
942
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_56501 Crenshaw 5 Jul 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10376
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141088 Randolph 17 Jul 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
6228
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000007670 Dale 14 Sep 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
972
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000037211 Jefferson 20 Jun 2018 Thibault, Tim
1689
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141082 Madison 16 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6599
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141087 Pike 22 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14074
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_44122 Monroe 2 Sep 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2802
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU139043 Jefferson 23 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10922
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011833 Mobile 03 Aug 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D196
UNA
Passiflora lutea L. var. glabriflora Fern.
JSU141071 Jackson 21 Jun 1975 Durham, Steven D.
250
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00068957 Cherokee 22 May 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
57
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141076 Limestone 29 Jun 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
5966
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011836 Franklin 03 Jul 1949 Harvill, Jr., A.M.
s.n.
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA000038013 Covington 5 May 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5552
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
TROY000007668 Coffee 08 Aug 2000 Martin, Brian H.
846
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141078 Lowndes Anonymous
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0052957 Bibb 11 Jun 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11380
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141061 Clay 11 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3904
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000007672 Escambia 24 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13399
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33110 Perry 8 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
294
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141085 Monroe 14 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12794
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141067 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
997
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
SAMF0002526 Greene 28 Jul 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5283
SAMF
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141065 Etowah 27 May 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1350
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000044078 Colbert 13 Sep 2014 England, J. Kevin
5171
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0046255 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1733
UWAL
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00073426 Monroe 06 Apr 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-74
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA000038331 Morgan 5 Jun 2016 England, J. Kevin
6520
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
UNA00011832 Tuscaloosa 29 Aug 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
821
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA000040316 Colbert 22 Aug 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
FH37
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
TROY000007673 Pike 25 Apr 1997 Holmes, Jeanese
305
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0031001 Henry 16 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26605
UWAL
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0052929 Sumter 11 Jul 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11421
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
UWAL0005610 Franklin 13 Jun 2008 England, J. Kevin
799
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141058 Calhoun 20 Sep 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0005611 Marengo 10 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1408
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00011839 Tuscaloosa 28 Jun 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141062 Colbert 26 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17961
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0019684 Montgomery 23 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79042
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141057 Calhoun 31 May 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11255
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141086 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9130
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011830 Tuscaloosa 09 Oct 1978 Wiersema, John H.
477
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA_ACC_46761 Conecuh 22 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3539
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141052 Calhoun 20 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
784
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_3539 Lee 1952 Cunningham, Hugh B.
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
UWAL0036051 Blount 14 Jun 2013 Anderson, Kelly
297
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00011837 Mobile 02 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D 641
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141068 Etowah 14 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1674
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000048675 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1733
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141074 Lawrence 06 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3136
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000042665 Escambia 11 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26461
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33048 Dallas 3 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
230
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141059 Cherokee 30 Oct 1986 Moore, C.M.
097
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_61028 Choctaw 25 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1172
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
ALNHS00000517 Dallas 24 May 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-202
ALNHS
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141066 Etowah 21 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3211
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000022048 Franklin 13 Jun 2008 England, J. Kevin
799
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_71176 Clarke 15 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SWS240
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
UNA00072222 Monroe 06 Apr 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-74
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA_ACC_34945 Jefferson 23 Jun 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1618
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
TROY000007674 Pike 02 Oct 2000 Hall, James A.
192
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000039570 Houston 17 Jun 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-216
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
TROY000042534 Henry 16 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26605
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0002993 Lowndes 12 Jul 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5517
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141089 St. Clair 03 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12080
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011829 04 Aug 1878 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA_ACC_17540 Lee 20 Jul 1969 Thornhill, Randy
138
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141056 Calhoun 17 Jul 1982 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0010125 Montgomery 22 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22386
UWAL
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000007669 Conecuh 14 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12528
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141077 Limestone 26 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17784
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000036705 Covington 15 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5173
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU139044 Shelby 23 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10923
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011831 Tuscaloosa 06 Aug 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9248
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
JSU139055 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9400
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011835 Walker 10 Jul 1949 Segars, Charles B.
45
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
SAMF0002527 Jefferson 25 Aug 2005 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3335
SAMF
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141055 Calhoun 11 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
753
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
ALNHS00002188 Bibb 26 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1075
ALNHS
Passiflora lutea L.
AUA000043931 Madison 8 Oct 2020 Hansen, Curtis J.
7897
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
TROY000007671 Dale 05 Aug 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
606
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141069 Etowah 01 Oct 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1983
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000037478 Bullock 20 Jun 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1642
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0033715 St. Clair 14 Jun 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9677
UWAL
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141079 Lowndes 09 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14094
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_37798 Franklin 7 Aug 1981 Henderson, T.
355
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
UWAL0043454 Baldwin 04 Aug 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
449
UWAL
Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00011838 Sumter 02 Jul 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2284
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
UWAL0050766 Jefferson 15 Aug 1969 Steeves, Burges R.
219-1
UWAL
Passiflora lutea
TROY000034007 Montgomery 22 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22386
TROY
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141073 Lauderdale 28 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18105
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_23246 Elmore 22 Jul 1971 Hayden, Iii, C.J.
111
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141064 Etowah 12 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17861
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_60708 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1264A
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141080 Madison 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6231
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_30860 Lee 8 Jul 1973 Owen, J.T.
095
AUA
Passiflora Lutea L.
JSU141051 Calhoun 07 Aug 1991 Hutchinson, Francine
0040
JSU
Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00056009 Geneva 29 Jun 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11521
UNA
Passiflora lutea L.
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