Maypop
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Hardy Passionflower, Maypops
Description
Passiflora incarnata is a wonderful flowering vine that is native to Texas.
Passiflora incarnata - Maypop
Passifloraceae
Passiflora incarnata, or Maypop, is the coldest hardy of the Passion vines. It is native from Virginia to Florida, west to Missouri and south to Texas.
Maypop is a fast growing perennial vine that employs tendrils to grab hold of adjacent shrubs, structure and other supports to lift itself to heights of 8-12 ft (2.4-3.7 m).
Maypops
Passiflora incarnata
10 to 15'
Sun to light shade; tolerates wet or dry soil.
Synonyms: maypop, grenadille, granadilla, maracoc, passion vine, purple passionflower
Order: Passifloraceae ...
incarnata (maypop) leaves and roots have a long history of use among Native Americans in North America and were adapted by the European colonists.
Passion flower, Maypop... Passiflora incarnata
October 30, 1999
The Maypop is a common native, roadside weed, found throughout many areas of the Southeastern United States, where it often grows in large masses in ditches and open fields.
PASSIFLORA INCARNATA - Maypop
This is the typical vine apricot or northern passion flower. It is native from Virginia southward and westward to Missouri and Texas. It has a tendency to be deciduous, like the love-in-a-mist.
Common name Passion flower, maypops (P. incarnata)
Botanical name Passiflora spp.
Group Woody climber
Flowering time Summer to autumn
Planting time Spring or autumn
Height and spread 2-10m (6-30ft) ...
The flowers are followed by egg-sized, delicious fruits with a sweet-aromatic white pulp (locally called "Maypops"), which mature to a yellowish color.
Wherever they grow wild, children pluck these "water lemons," "granadillas," "golden bell apples," "maypops" (so called because they "pop" like a little balloon if you squeeze the fruit), or "sweet cups.
Index- plants in this Family
Passifloraceae / Passionflower Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)
Purple Passionflower is also known as Passionflower, Maypop and Wild Apricot. ...
Variegated Fritillary - passion flower, maypop, violets, stonecrop, purselane
Viceroy - willows, cottonwood, aspen, plums, cherry
Western Tiger Swallowtail - Big-leaf maple, hawthorn, alder, apple
Wood nymph - grasses ...
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 See also: Passiflora, Medic, Bay, Guava, Banana
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