What is Passion Flower?

Passion Flower is Passiflora incarnata, the Maypop, a climbing vine in the family Passifloraceae native to the southeastern United States. The dried aerial parts (leaves, vines, and sometimes flowers) are offered here.

About the plant

The Maypop produces intricate purple-and-white flowers and an edible fruit, and is the classic Western Passiflora. It grows wild across the American Southeast and is also offered here as a powder and as concentrated extracts.

Related botanicals

• Passion Flower Powder — the finely ground form.
• Passion Flower Extract 4:1 — a concentrated extract.

Passion Flower: form & sizes

We carry Passion Flower as cut and sifted dried leaf, vine, and flower, sold by weight in sizes from 1 oz to 1 lb. We sell ethnobotanicals for educational and research purposes and make no health or therapeutic claims.

Storage

Store Passion Flower in an airtight container, away from heat, light, and humidity, to preserve its color and aroma.

Passion Flower at a glance

Botanical name

Passiflora incarnata

Family

Passifloraceae

Native region

the southeastern United States

Plant part

aerial parts

Also known as

Maypop

Form

cut and sifted dried leaf, vine, and flower

Sizes

1 oz to 1 lb