General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 15 feet climber
Plant Spread: 15 feet sprawler
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Other: Tri-lobed leaves turn an attractive yellow shade in autumn.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Deep purple
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
Other: Green - greenish-yellow (small flower)
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: dark brown seeds
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Miscellaneous: Endangered: in Pennsylvania but considered weedy in some areas of the South

Image
Common names
  • Wild Yellow Passion Flower
  • Yellow Passionflower
  • Passionflower
  • Passion Vine
  • Passionvine
  • Yellow Passion Vine
  • Yellow Passion-flower

Photo Gallery
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-25-06

Date: c. 1815
illustration by Syd. Edwards from 'The Botanical Register', 1815
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2016-04-09
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2015-07-24
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2012
A lovely little flower  the size of a dime.
Location: NC| June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-14
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-04
New leaves emerging after I weeded the flower bed.
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-23-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2006
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: July 2007
Yellow Passionflower
Location: Hampton, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-15
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2012
Lovely tiny passionflowers.
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-18
With egg of (probably) a Zebra Longwing
Location: Tennessee
courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com
Location: central Illinois
Date: August 2006
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-10-07
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-06-20
leaves have intersting patterns
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2017-06-22
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-10-07
Location: Hampton, VA | June, 2022
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 2, 2011 1:06 PM concerning plant:
    An Illinois wildflower (bottom half of state).
    Habitat - moist or rocky woods and thickets.
    Wild turkey enjoy young shoots and tendrils for late spring snacks.
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 15, 2012 5:05 AM concerning plant:
    Yellow Passionflower is a climbing or trailing vine to 15 feet and is widespread in thickets throughout the eastern US. It has small, intricately detailed pale yellow-green flowers in summer followed by small black berries. Not particularly showy but good in its own right, especially at the edge of woods.

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