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White Passionflower

Passiflora herbertiana

Also called Yellow Passionflower, Australian Native Passionfruit, Herbert's Passionfruit

White Passionflower
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Passiflora herbertiana, native passionfruit, is a climbing vine from moist forests of eastern Australia with yellow to orange flowers and edible green berries. It grows best in a warm, sheltered, frost-free spot with support to climb on.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile, humus-rich loam or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Passiflora herbertiana, or native passionfruit, is a widespread climbing twiner native to moist forests on the coast and ranges of eastern Australia. The subspecies P. h. insulae-howei P.S.Green is endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

Where it grows

The insulae-howei subspecies is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, where it is widespread.

Other Passiflora plants

Sea anemone passion flower · Bracted passionflower · Passionflower · Passiflora ambigua · Passiflora amoena · Passiflora ampullacea · Passion flower · Passion flower · Passionflower · Passiflora arbelaezii · Passiflora arborea · Arizona Passion Vine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora herbertiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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