. The drug plants of Illinois . PASSIFLORA INGARNATA L. Maypop, passion flower, passion vine. Passifioraceae.—A slender, tendril-bear- ing, climbing, pubescent herbaceous vine, perennial; stems 3 to 30 feet long; leaves 3 to 5 inches w^ide, petioled, alternate, deep- ly divided into 3 oval, pointed, serrate lobes; tendrils axillary; flowers white, with a central, pale purple, long fringe, li/^ to 2 inches wide, solitary on long, jointed, axillary stalks; fruit a yellow, fleshy, edible, man}''-seeded berry about 2 inches long. The flow^ering and fruiting tops are collected, also the roots. Infr
. The drug plants of Illinois . PASSIFLORA INGARNATA L. Maypop, passion flower, passion vine. Passifioraceae.—A slender, tendril-bear- ing, climbing, pubescent herbaceous vine, perennial; stems 3 to 30 feet long; leaves 3 to 5 inches w^ide, petioled, alternate, deep- ly divided into 3 oval, pointed, serrate lobes; tendrils axillary; flowers white, with a central, pale purple, long fringe, li/^ to 2 inches wide, solitary on long, jointed, axillary stalks; fruit a yellow, fleshy, edible, man}''-seeded berry about 2 inches long. The flow^ering and fruiting tops are collected, also the roots. Infrequent to rare on wooded rocky slopes, on fences, and in swamps in the extreme southern part of the state. Used as a uterine sedative and hemostatic. {^Passiflora liitea L., yellow passion flower, is also collected. It is a rare to infrequent vine in woods along streams, on rocky slopes, and in orchards from Calhoun and Wabash counties southward.]
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