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Yellow Passionflower

Passiflora lutea

Photo by ForestDragon
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Field Notes

Description:

Vine with curly tendrils and three-lobed leaves. Native (to the Southeastern quarter of the USA) wildflower that can become weedy and/or invasive in some areas.

Habitat:

Temperate forest. Rockwood Park, Virginia.

Reference Links:

Passiflora lutea, Plants Profile for Passiflora lutea (yellow passionflower)

Species ID Suggestions

Wild Cucumber,

Echinocystis lobata
KarenSaxton
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Comments (2)
ForestDragon
Updated ID. This one took a bit of work since it had no flowers or fruit.
ForestDragon
Thank you both for your suggestions. I am not sure this quite matches either ID suggestion. However, it does seem to resemble a wild cucumber of some sort. The search will continue...

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PublishedSeptember 8, 2015

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