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Arizona passionflower

Stems

terete, densely hairy.

Leaves

pungent, densely hairy, glandular-ciliate;

stipules pectinate, 1–8 × 1–4 mm, with glandular bristles or hairs;

petiole with glandular bristles or hairs;

blade roughly symmetric, 1.5–5 × 1–7 cm, moderately to deeply 3–5-lobed, middle lobe as long as or longer than lateral lobes, margins sharply dentate;

abaxial fine veins weakly to moderately raised, abaxial nectaries absent.

Flowers

floral tube cuplike, 5–7 mm deep;

sepals white, 17–38 × 6–9 mm;

petals white, 16–30 × 6–12 mm;

corona filament whorls 5 or 6, outer 2 whorls white basally, pale purple apically, linear, terete to transversely compressed, 9–25 mm.

Berries

green to yellow-green, ovoid, 20–35 × 18–30 mm.

Floral

bracts pinnatifid, 15–35 × 10–28 mm, margins sharply dentate, with glandular bristles or hairs.

Passiflora arizonica

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Rocky, igneous slopes in semidesert grasslands and oak savannas
Elevation 1000–1800 m (3300–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Sonora)
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Discussion

Passiflora arizonica is known only from portions of Pima and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona, and eastern Sonora, and has been confused with P. arida (D. H. Goldman 2003). It flowers during the summer rainy season, usually August and September. Unlike most other members of the genus, particularly those of sect. Dysosmia, to which it belongs, P. arizonica flowers in the evening, closing around midnight. The fragrant flowers have a deep floral cup, and may be pollinated by nocturnal moths.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 177.
Parent taxa Passifloraceae > Passiflora
Sibling taxa
P. affinis, P. arida, P. biflora, P. bryonioides, P. caerulea, P. ciliata, P. filipes, P. foetida, P. incarnata, P. lutea, P. mexicana, P. multiflora, P. pallens, P. pallida, P. sexflora, P. tarminiana, P. tenuiloba
Synonyms P. foetida var. arizonica
Name authority (Killip) D. H. Goldman: Madroño 50: 249. (2004)
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