#passiflora lutea

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Passiflora lutea Common Name(s): Yellow passionflower Family: Passifloraceae (passionflower) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Vine, forb USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Summer

Name aside, the flower’s color can range from green/yellow to off-white.

[rjalker]

evolution...

Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea)

yellow passionflower from Windsor Forest, Savannah, GA, USA on April 21, 2022 at 01:08 PM by Nonbinary-Naturalist. a yellow passionflower a

The yellow passionflower is growing right next to a saw greenbrier, and the passionflower's leaves now have the same color markings on the leaves that the saw greenbrier does. Yellow passionflower normally has solid colored leaves, and last year they weren't like this.

I made a tag "Smilax/Passiflora Teamup" where all the observations I make of these two plants will go in the future.

Would you guess, from looking at this picture, that it's two different species growing in the middle? Because I didn't even notice until my twin pointed it out.

[ID: A photograph of a saw greenbrier and yellow passionflower plant growing together, both with the same medium green colored leaves that are spotted with lighter green in random splotches, with the only difference being their shapes.

The yellow passionflower has leaves with three rounded lobes, and the saw greenbrier's leaves are shaped like a rounded letter T.

The ground below them is covered in brown dead leaves, with some more greenbrier visible in the distant background.

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Maybe gulf fritillary butterflies have a harder time finding the yellow passionflower when the leaves look like this?

Here's the observation for the greenbrier.

[cookedmandrake]

Found some Passiflora lutea a few days ago. So cute! Like a tiny greenish version of the P. edulis flower

[rjalker]

More babies O:

[flacadice]

Good luck lil buddy! Some of your relatives were germinated in sand so I think you’ll be ok!

[narcoleptic-naturalist]

Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea). I gasped when I saw her. Not the rarest plant in the world, but my first time seeing a wild one so I was delighted. I feel like I see P. incarnata everywhere around here on the roadsides, which is nice, but sometimes I prefer subtlety. Dade County GA.

[rjalker]

Purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) vs Yellow passionflower (Passiflora lutea). Both are native to North America. We grew the purple passionflower from seed, and a bird was nice enough to plant the yellow passionflower for us.

[ID: Two photos, each showing a different species of passionflower. The first shows a purple passionflower, which has a large flower with dark purple, curled tendrils radiating out from the center, with ten large petals arranged behind them like the spokes in a wheel. The second shows a yellow passionflower, which is much smaller, and almost completely colored yellow-green, with fewer, straighter tendrils, and pointier petals. End ID.]

[ID: A photo comparing developing fruit from yellow and purple passionflowers, with the much smaller yellow passionflower fruit behind held up next to the fruit of a purple passionflower. Both are round, and light green. The large purple passionflower had the number 3 written on it in black marker. End ID.]

[ID: A photo showing the leaves of yellow and purpler passionflower, with a purple passionflower fruit above them marked with the number three in black marker. The yellow passionflower leaves are light green, with three rounded lobes like a cat's paw. The purple passionflower leaves are darker, with sharper, deeper lobes, like a bird's foot. End ID.]

[rjalker]

[ID: A close up photo showing a yellow passionflower, a tiny flower that is mostly light green, with thin, straight tendrils radiating out from the center, which has flower parts sticking up above it. Drops of liquid are caught in the tendrils, and green leaves surround it, as well as flower buds that are still closed. End ID.]

yellow passionflowers are super super tiny. This flower is maybe the size of my pinky nail, and those are raindrops that got caught in it. It’ll produce tiny little fruit like this:

[ID: a photograph of a tiny ground green fruit hanging from a vine, with a white hand in the background to make it easier to see. The fruit is barely the size of the person’s fingertip. It is smooth and shiny, reflecting the light from the sky. End ID.]

IDK if these are considered berries or what but I’m gonna assume they’re tiny versions of normal passionfruit.

If these fruits continue to develop without getting eaten, I’ll hopefully be able to collect seeds and grow my own, since I assume these are also host plants for butterflies!