Passiflora lutea

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

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

Family	PASSIFLORACEAE - 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

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
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, Cullman, 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

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
JSU141058	Calhoun	20 Sep 1973	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011830	Tuscaloosa	09 Oct 1978	Wiersema, John H. 477	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000037478	Bullock	20 Jun 2013	Dykes, Bailee 1642	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0046255	Autauga	26 Jun 2018	Parker, Matthew R. 1733	UWAL Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_44122	Monroe	2 Sep 1986	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 2802	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141087	Pike	22 Jun 1984	Whetstone, R. David 14074	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011829		04 Aug 1878	Smith, Eugene A. s.n.	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141085	Monroe	14 Oct 1982	Whetstone, R. David 12794	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33110	Perry	8 Aug 1976	SESSLER, ANN H. 294	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0002993	Lowndes	12 Jul 2009	Keener, Brian R. 5517	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141086	Morgan	15 Sep 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 9130	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_30860	Lee	8 Jul 1973	OWEN, J.T. 095	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141054	Calhoun	10 Sep 1995	Hruska, Susan E. 888	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011832	Tuscaloosa	29 Aug 1978	Davenport, Lawrence J. 821	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00011838	Sumter	02 Jul 1969	Thomas, Joab L. 2284	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
AUA_ACC_23246	Elmore	22 Jul 1971	HAYDEN, III, C.J. 111	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141053	Calhoun	20 Jul 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 784	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_60708	Wilcox	9 Sep 1982	GUNN, SCOTT C. 1264A	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0005610	Franklin	13 Jun 2008	England, J. Kevin 799	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
ALNHS00002283	Colbert	22 Aug 2013	Barger, T. Wayne FH-37	ALNHS Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141089	St. Clair	03 Sep 1982	Whetstone, R. David 12080	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33242	Bibb	2 Sep 1976	SESSLER, ANN H. 509	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0018225	Colbert	13 Sep 2014	England, J. Kevin 5171	UWAL Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00072222	Monroe	06 Apr 2011	Barger, T. Wayne RH-74	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000042534	Henry	16 Jul 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26605	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00047588	Madison	25 Sep 1971	Simmers, Richard W. s.n.	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141062	Colbert	26 May 1996	Whetstone, R. David 17961	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000038013	Covington	5 May 2012	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 5552	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141083	Marshall	19 Jul 1992	Spaulding, Daniel D. 2349	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_46761	Conecuh	22 Aug 1987	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 3539	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
AUA_ACC_48913	Pike	28 Jun 1988	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 5123	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141052	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.
AUA_ACC_69495	Escambia	8 Jul 2009	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 4078	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141055	Calhoun	11 Jul 1986	Lawler, Carol L. 753	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_56501	Crenshaw	5 Jul 1996	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 10376	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
TROY000007670	Dale	14 Sep 2000	Pennington, Tiffany 972	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
ALNHS00001126	Conecuh	21 May 2012	Barger, T. Wayne SP#461	ALNHS Passiflora lutea L.
SAMF0002526	Greene	28 Jul 2012	Davenport, Lawrence J. 5283	SAMF Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141082	Madison	16 Aug 1975	Whetstone, R. David 6599	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000022049	Marshall	12 Jun 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 2618	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0033715	St. Clair	14 Jun 2016	Keener, Brian R. 9677	UWAL Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141077	Limestone	26 May 1996	Whetstone, R. David 17784	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000038331	Morgan	5 Jun 2016	ENGLAND, J. KEVIN 6520	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141051	Calhoun	07 Aug 1991	Hutchinson, Francine 0040	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00053924	Blount	19 Aug 1997	Keener, Brian R. 315	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
ALNHS00002188	Bibb	26 Jun 2013	Barger, T. Wayne SP#1075	ALNHS Passiflora lutea L.
UWAL0050766	Jefferson	15 Aug 1969	Steeves, Burges R. 219-1	UWAL Passiflora lutea
AUA_ACC_61028	Choctaw	25 Aug 1994	CROUCH, VIRGINIA E. 1172	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
TROY000034007	Montgomery	22 Jul 2011	Diamond, Alvin R. 22386	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141064	Etowah	12 Jun 1996	Whetstone, R. David 17861	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000043623	Baldwin	3 Aug 1926	WOLF, WOLFGANG 2611	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
SAMF0002527	Jefferson	25 Aug 2005	Davenport, Lawrence J. 3335	SAMF Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141079	Lowndes	09 Jun 1984	Whetstone, R. David 14094	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33048	Dallas	3 Aug 1976	SESSLER, ANN H. 230	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141088	Randolph	17 Jul 1996	Ballard, J. Mark 6228	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00068957	Cherokee	22 May 2007	Barger, T. Wayne 57	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141065	Etowah	27 May 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 1350	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011839	Tuscaloosa	28 Jun 1952	Chermock, Ralph L. s.n.	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000007672	Escambia	24 Jun 2002	Diamond, Alvin R. 13399	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0043453	Baldwin	28 Jun 2000	Larsen, Harry S. 394	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
JSU139044	Shelby	23 Sep 2000	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10923	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000039570	Houston	17 Jun 2015	BARGER, T.WAYNE DTP-216	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
AUA000037211	Jefferson	20 Jun 2018	THIBAULT, TIM 1689	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0036051	Blount	14 Jun 2013	Anderson, Kelly 297	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00011831	Tuscaloosa	06 Aug 1987	Haynes, Robert R. 9248	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000007671	Dale	05 Aug 1998	Rundell, Hannelore 606	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141056	Calhoun	17 Jul 1982	Landers, Kenneth E. s.n.	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011836	Franklin	03 Jul 1949	Harvill, Jr., A.M. s.n.	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000042665	Escambia	11 Jun 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26461	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141069	Etowah	01 Oct 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 1983	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011834	Jefferson	16 Aug 1879	Smith, Eugene A. s.n.	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141075	Limestone	14 Jun 1996	Whetstone, R. David 18048	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22510	Jackson	25 Jul 1970	HOPSON, GEORGE R. 00103	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU139055	Shelby	12 Oct 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 9400	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_537	Fayette	14 Sep 1954	MOORE, WILLIAM H.	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
TROY000044078	Colbert	13 Sep 2014	England, J. Kevin 5171	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141061	Clay	11 May 1994	Ballard, J. Mark 3904	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141060	Clarke	31 Oct 1997	Whetstone, R. David 18945	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141072	Jefferson	15 Aug 1969	Steeves, Burges R. 219-2	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141059	Cherokee	30 Oct 1986	Moore, C.M. 097	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000036705	Covington	15 Aug 2011	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 5173	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0010125	Montgomery	22 Jul 2011	Diamond, Alvin R. 22386	UWAL Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_38346	Macon	14 Aug 1971	COOK, HARRY D. 108	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
AUA_ACC_37798	Franklin	7 Aug 1981	HENDERSON, T. 355	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141084	Marshall	07 Aug 1975	Whetstone, R. David 5968	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34945	Jefferson	23 Jun 1977	SESSLER, ANN H. 1618	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0043454	Baldwin	04 Aug 2000	Larsen, Harry S. 449	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
UNA00073426	Monroe	06 Apr 2011	Barger, T. Wayne RH-74	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000051343	St. Clair	14 Jun 2016	Keener, Brian R. 9677	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141066	Etowah	21 Aug 1994	Hodge, Lesley M. 3211	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141073	Lauderdale	28 Jun 1996	Whetstone, R. David 18105	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000043625	Cullman	1 Aug 1904	WOLF, WOLFGANG 1029	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0005611	Marengo	10 Oct 2008	England, J. Kevin 1408	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
JSU139043	Jefferson	23 Sep 2000	Spaulding, Daniel D. 10922	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17539	Elmore	5 Aug 1969	REBOIS, R.V. 134	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
AUA000040316	Colbert	22 Aug 2013	BARGER, T.WAYNE FH37	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0032643	Lawrence	07 Jun 2016	England, J. Kevin 6549	UWAL Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0052957	Bibb	11 Jun 2019	Keener, Brian R. 11380	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000039205	Butler	01 Sep 2013	Diamond, Alvin R. 24491	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011833	Mobile	03 Aug 1964	Deramus, Rebecca D196	UNA Passiflora lutea L. var. glabriflora Fern.
TROY000007668	Coffee	08 Aug 2000	Martin, Brian H. 846	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141078	Lowndes		Anonymous	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000048867	Autauga	28 Jun 2017	Parker, Matthew R. 942	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011835	Walker	10 Jul 1949	Segars, Charles B. 45	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
AUA_ACC_17540	Lee	20 Jul 1969	THORNHILL, RANDY 138	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141067	Etowah	25 Oct 1984	Nixon, Christopher F. 997	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_71176	Clarke	15 May 2013	BARGER, T.WAYNE SWS240	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141080	Madison	11 Sep 1994	Spaulding, Daniel D. 6231	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
ALNHS00000517	Dallas	24 May 2010	Barger, T. Wayne OC-202	ALNHS Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000022048	Franklin	13 Jun 2008	England, J. Kevin 799	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141074	Lawrence	06 Aug 1993	Ballard, J. Mark 3136	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141057	Calhoun	31 May 1982	Whetstone, R. David 11255	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000007674	Pike	02 Oct 2000	Hall, James A. 192	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141071	Jackson	21 Jun 1975	Durham, Steven D. 250	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00011837	Mobile	02 Aug 1965	Deramus, Rebecca D 641	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000007669	Conecuh	14 Jul 2001	Diamond, Alvin R. 12528	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UWAL0019684	Montgomery	23 Jun 1991	Kral, Robert 79042	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
UWAL0052929	Sumter	11 Jul 2019	Keener, Brian R. 11421	UWAL Passiflora lutea L.
AUA000043931	Madison	8 Oct 2020	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 7897	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
TROY000048675	Autauga	26 Jun 2018	Parker, Matthew R. 1733	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141070	Jackson	27 Jun 1998	Brodeur, Kristin R. 907	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_3539	Lee	1952	CUNNINGHAM, HUGH B.	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
JSU141076	Limestone	29 Jun 1996	Ballard, J. Mark 5966	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00056009	Geneva	29 Jun 1998	MacDonald, John R. 11521	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
JSU141081	Madison	11 May 1996	Spaulding, Daniel D. 8418	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
UNA00034197	Wilcox	09 Sep 1982	Gunn, Scott C. 1264A	UNA Passiflora lutea L.
TROY000028114	Marengo	10 Oct 2008	England, J. Kevin 1408	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141068	Etowah	14 Jun 1976	Atkinson, Tim A. 1674	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
JSU141063	DeKalb	30 Jul 1975	Whetstone, R. David 5585	JSU Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
AUA000043624	Cullman	8 Jul 1935	MAGES, M.	AUA PASSIFLORA LUTEA L.
UWAL0031001	Henry	16 Jul 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26605	UWAL Passiflora lutea Linnaeus
TROY000007673	Pike	25 Apr 1997	Holmes, Jeanese 305	TROY Passiflora lutea Linnaeus

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Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2025. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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Passiflora lutea

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