Fetid Passionflower
Passiflora foetida
Fetid passionflower is a delicate annual-to-tender passionvine with lacy-bracted white-and-pink flowers and small edible fruit, a larval host for gulf fritillary and other longwings.
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- AZ, FL, MD, TX
Related native plants
More Passiflora species
- Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
- Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea)
- Birdwing Passionflower (Passiflora tenuiloba)