This introduced vine or climber
is commonly known as
stinking passionflower.
Passiflora foetida
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Passifloraceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Listed as an invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014 but not prohibited or restricted. In Australia the only know variety is Passiflora foetida var. ellisonii (Joshua Ekrut, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203676388).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 39 Fraser Coast localities: Sunshine Acres, Booral, Dundowran Beach, Pacific Haven, Craignish, Burrum River, Wondunna, Takura, Torquay, Point Vernon, Tiaro, Yengarie, Howard, Urraween, Urangan, Pialba, River Heads, Glenwood, Walligan, Beelbi Creek, Burrum Heads, Maryborough, Granville, Walkers Point, Bidwill, Yerra, Gigoomgan, Tinana, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Teddington, K'gari, Toogoom, Gundiah, Mount Urah, Tinana South, Talegalla Weir, Bauple Forest, Beaver Rock.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
