Maryland Biodiversity Project - Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)

Purple Passionflower Passiflora incarnata Linnaeus

Synonyms: Maypop, Ocoee, True Passionflower, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine.

Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Violales > Family Passifloraceae > Genus Passiflora Purple Passionflower - Passiflora incarnata - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/2171

Larval host for the Gulf Fritillary (rare visitor to Maryland) and used by Variegated Fritillary (common in Maryland).

There are 112 records in the project database.

Purple Passionflower in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/5/2016). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2019). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/19/2022). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower blooming in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/16/2014). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower blooming in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/28/2013). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/17/2017). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower blooming in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/7/2013). Photo by R. Child. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/24/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower blooming in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/9/2013). Photo by Bill Cecil. (MBP list)

Non-blooming Purple Passionflower in Wicomico Co., Maryland (9/24/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Purple Passionflower in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/14/2017). Photo by Katherine Richards. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/9/2013). Photo by Bill Cecil. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (10/9/2016). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Worcester Co., Maryland (12/29/2017). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in winter in Baltimore City, Maryland (12/19/2015). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in winter in Baltimore City, Maryland (12/19/2015). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/20/2016). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

The fruit of Purple Passionflower in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/20/2017). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Purple Passionflower in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2019). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

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