Plant Details

Scientific Name: *Passiflora foetida
  • Pronunciation: passy-FLOOR-ah FET-oh-dah
  • Common Name: Stinking Passion Flower, Mossy Passion Flower
  • Type: Vine
  • Family: PASSIFLORACEAE
  • Status: Weed This introduced Plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native Species.
  • Flowers: White, pinkish
  • Fruit: dry berries
  • Species List: Peregian Boardwalk, Banana, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cranks Creek, NNP Coastal

Cultural Notes

Native of tropical America

Identification Notes

Densely covered with sticky hairs. Leaves often with three-pointed lobes.

  • *Passiflora foetida
  • *Passiflora foetida
  • *Passiflora foetida
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