Passiflora multiflorus
whiteflower passionflower, white-flowered passionflower
Passifloraceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
vine
Size:
High climbing vine with stems to 10 ft long, sprawling and scrambling over other vegetation.
Life Span:
short-lived perennial
Flower Color:
greenish-white, not very showy
Fruit Color:
blue-black
Phenology:
Blooms summer to fall. Can produce hundreds to thousands of flowers at once, often in several flushes during the year.
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Rarely planted. Given the proper support this plant could likely be used as a climbing vine hedge.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Somewhat moist, no flooding ---- to ---- Short very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Clay
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds
Larval host plant for julia Heliconian ( Dryas iulia ) butterflies and likely other species.
Pollinated by bees.
Birds and other wildlife eat the fruits.
Native Habitats:
Rockland/tropical hammocks
