Yellow Passionflower

Yellow passionflower, Passiflora lutea

Greenish-yellow, 5 petaled flowers with a threadlike crown that is sometimes purple at the base.


  • Scientific Name: Passiflora lutea

  • Other Names: Little Passionflower, Dwarf Passionflower, Eastern Yellow Passionflower, Hardy Yellow Passionflower, Passion Flower

  • Flower Size: 0.5 inch

  • Plant Height: 10 - 20 feet

  • Fun Facts: Flowers are edible, and the rest of the plant is poisonous.

  • Flower Color: Yellow

  • Bloom Time: May, June, July, August, September

  • Petal: 5

  • Leaf: Alternate, Lobed

  • Stem: Vine

  • Environment: Moist, Part Shade, Sun

  • Location: Crabtree Creek Greenway