WorldFloraDB - Passiflora lutea

Characteristics

Stems terete to subangular, glabrous or sparsely hairy, sometimes densely hairy when young, (above-ground stems annual). Leaves not pungent, glabrous or minutely hairy; stipules linear-lanceolate, falcate, 2–5 × 0.5–1 mm, eglandular; petiole eglandular; blade roughly symmetric, 2–10(–15) × 1–8(–12) cm shallowly to rarely deeply 3(–5)-lobed, middle lobe slightly shorter to longer than lateral lobes (1/3–2/3 blade length), margins entire; abaxial fine veins prominently raised (especially in dried specimens), abaxial nectaries absent. Floral bracts absent. Flowers: floral tube absent; sepals green, 6–10 × 2–3 mm; petals pale green-yellow, 3–7 × 1 mm; corona filament whorls 2, outer filaments pale green to white basally, pale yellow apically, linear, terete, 5–10 mm. Berries purple-black, globose to ovoid, 8–15 × 8–15 mm. 2n = 24, 84.

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Climbing or trailing to 3 m; petioles not glandular; lvs truncate to subcordate at base, with margins meeting across the petiole, 3-lobed, the lobes semi-orbicular or depressed-ovate, entire, obtuse or rounded; fls greenish-yellow, 2–2.5 cm wide; exterior corona yellow; fr purple, 1 cm thick. 2n=24, 84. Moist soil; all summer. Var. lutea, with the cal, petioles, and young stems pilose, occurs from Pa. and W.Va. to Fla., Tenn., and Ala. Var. glabriflora Fernald, glabrous, occurs from O. to Mo. and Okla., s. to Ala. and Tex.

It is like Passiflora incarnata but smaller. The leaves are wider than they are long. The flowers are 2-2.5 cm across. They are greenish-yellow.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

4.9

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.3

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

A tropical plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 29
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-