Stinking passion flower
Passiflora foetida, Fam. Passifloraceae
Perennial vines climbing with axillary tendrils. Sticky, unpleasant smelling with thin bristly-hairy twining stems to 4m long.
| Weed Category: |
Other invasive plants Invasive plants that are not prohibited or restricted invasive plants, but are known to spread readily and cause negative impacts, within the region.
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| Weed: | Yes |
| Form or habit: | Vine (Climbing, Twining or groundcover) |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Leaf: | Simple Alternate Alternate, simple. Shallowly 3 lobed, heart shaped at base, 35-145 x 30-100mm, both sides sparsely or densely hairy including glandular hairs, margins also with glandular hairs; stalk 30-60mm long. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
White, Cream, Purple, Green |
| Flower description: | Typical passion flowers, 5-petalled borne singly in leaf axils. Green, white, cream or purple, 30-50mm diameter. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Orange, Yellow |
| Fruit: | Fleshy |
| Fruit description: | Fleshy, slightly 6-lobed, yellow-orange at maturity, 17-25 x 15-22mm, more-or-less enclosed in lacy green bracts. Black seeds, 5mm long, surrounded by sweet greyish pulp. |
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| Toxicity: | Toxic if ingested |
| Origin: | West Indies and South America |
| Notes: | Spread by: birds, animals, water, garden waste, contaminated soil. Invades/threats: forest edges, creek lines, disturbed rainforest, open vegetation, coastal areas and crops. They often grow over vegetation forming a thick smothering cover that can lead to plant or crop death. Notes: young leaves and green fruit poisonous to stock. Environmental weed. |
| Information sources: | Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition. |
