General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4 feet to 8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Globose berry, green maturing to purplish-black.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
Other: Pale Green to greenish-yellow.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Sow on surface, place container in light shade.
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Corkstem Passionflower
  • Cork-bark Passion Flower
  • Devil's Pumpkin
  • Indigo Berry
  • Corky Passionflower
  • Winged Maypop

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Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2023-10-15
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2014-03-19
As you can see from my hand, the flowers on this species are very
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-02
Fruit is smaller than grapes.  No idea if they're edible.
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-03-17
The two dark nodules at the base of the leaf are supposed to look
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-10-09
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-09-14
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-10-09
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-10-09
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-11-25
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-03-18
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-11-29
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-11-29
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2014-03-19
Growing on an obelisk in front of my house.  This plant never get
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-09-14
A good self-seeder; it is now growing around my neighbor's mailbo
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-02-07
Volunteer seedling found growing up a Podocarpus.
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-03-22
Zebra Longwing egg on a leaf.

photo by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)
Comments:
  • Posted by mellielong (Lutz, Florida - Zone 9b) on Mar 19, 2014 1:28 PM concerning plant:
    I wanted this plant for two reasons: as a butterfly host plant, and as a Florida native plant. The flowers are very small and not showy, so it is not a good passion vine if that's what you're looking for. I also find that this is the slowest growing of all my passifloras. It definitely attracts both Gulf Fritillaries and Zebra Longwings. In fact, in my experience the Zebra Longwings tend to prefer the native species of passiflora, such as this one. But as I said, it doesn't grow very fast and can be quickly chewed up by caterpillars. So if you want it as a host plant, please make sure you have other passifloras available to transfer caterpillars to, as necessary.

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