Passiflora is a genus that is native to North America too 🙂
this one is likely Passiflora incarnata
SantaCruz12
Passiflora incarnata! Host species to the Gulf Frittalary Butterfly. They also have a symbiotic relationship with ants, in that they make extra floral nectaries (fancy word for sacs of sugar and nutrients) that attract the ants. This makes it so the ants get food and the passionflower gets a body guard service.
Passiflora lutea is also native to the southeast and is also a host plant to the Gulf frittalaries. It just has smaller flowers and fruits (like a 1/4 the size.)
FeralSweater
I believe these are called maypops in the south.
666afternoon
maypop!! P. incarnata, probably, look for flashy purple flowers. make sure before eating, iirc some species are toxic. but i think, this far north [NC here], likely to be the subtropical maypop!
found my first wild fruits growing nearby this year – they get yellowish and wrinkly when ripe 😀
Olderbutnotdead619
Wild cucumber?
LucasTheBrazilianGuy
Thank you all for the replies, i was not aware of a North American native passion fruit like plant before. This is at a work cite, so i will look into ways of trying to transplant the plant to my home alongside the fruit and seeds. I love fruits and hopefully this project will work!
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Passiflora is a genus that is native to North America too 🙂
this one is likely Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora incarnata! Host species to the Gulf Frittalary Butterfly. They also have a symbiotic relationship with ants, in that they make extra floral nectaries (fancy word for sacs of sugar and nutrients) that attract the ants. This makes it so the ants get food and the passionflower gets a body guard service.
Passiflora lutea is also native to the southeast and is also a host plant to the Gulf frittalaries. It just has smaller flowers and fruits (like a 1/4 the size.)
I believe these are called maypops in the south.
maypop!! P. incarnata, probably, look for flashy purple flowers. make sure before eating, iirc some species are toxic. but i think, this far north [NC here], likely to be the subtropical maypop!
found my first wild fruits growing nearby this year – they get yellowish and wrinkly when ripe 😀
Wild cucumber?
Thank you all for the replies, i was not aware of a North American native passion fruit like plant before. This is at a work cite, so i will look into ways of trying to transplant the plant to my home alongside the fruit and seeds. I love fruits and hopefully this project will work!