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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Bracted Passionflower

Passiflora affinis
native · Hill Country

Bracted Passionflower is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–6 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms yellow and green in Jun–Aug. Good for butterflies.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Vine
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
3–6 ft
Spread
2 ft
Bloom
Jun–Aug · yellow, green
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Recorded on dry, limestone, moist, well drained
Wildlife
Supports butterflies

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland

46 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.