[1] Passiflora mixta can be identified by its large pink flowers and trilobate coricaeous leaves, which are tubular in shape and protrude from its branches.

It has a hairy elongated bract and 7–15 cm long (2.8–5.9 in) hypanthium (flower tube) that contains a narrow nectar chamber.

The species is wild, collected, and an important genetic resource for banana passionfruit breeding.

The hummingbird is found throughout the northern Andes and is identified by its extremely long beak, longer than its entire body.

[4][better source needed] Passiflora mixta ranges from Venezuela to Bolivia, and has been naturalized in Africa and New Zealand.