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fetid passionflower, scarletfruit passionflower, stinking passionflower

twin-flower passionvine, two-flower passionflower

Stems

angular, minutely puberulent.

Leaves

not pungent, minutely puberulent;

stipules linear, 2–5 × 0.5–1 mm, eglandular;

petiole eglandular;

blade roughly symmetric, 2–7 × 3–10 cm, shallowly to deeply 2-lobed, margins entire;

abaxial fine veins prominently raised, abaxial nectaries not along leaf margins, usually in lines extending into leaf lobes on at least flowering stems.

Flowers

floral tube cuplike, 1–3 mm deep;

sepals white, 13–17 × 4–6 mm;

petals white, 9–13 × 4–6 mm;

corona filament whorls 2, outer filaments green basally, yellow apically, linear-spatulate, laterally flattened, 5–8 mm.

Berries

blue-black, ovoid to ellipsoid, 20–30 × 15–20 mm.

Floral

bracts setaceous, 1–3 × 0.5 mm, margins entire, eglandular.

2n

= 12.

Passiflora foetida

Passiflora biflora

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Intact or disturbed tropical woodlands in loamy soil over limestone
Elevation 0–10 m (0–0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in tropical Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia]
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from FNA
FL; Mexico; Central America; West Indies (Bahamas); South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Varieties ca. 30 (1 in the flora).

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

In the flora area, Passiflora biflora occurs only in southeastern Florida, where it is locally abundant and often an aggressive weed.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 178. FNA vol. 6, p. 175.
Parent taxa Passifloraceae > Passiflora Passifloraceae > Passiflora
Sibling taxa
P. affinis, P. arida, P. arizonica, P. biflora, P. bryonioides, P. caerulea, P. ciliata, P. filipes, P. incarnata, P. lutea, P. mexicana, P. multiflora, P. pallens, P. pallida, P. sexflora, P. tarminiana, P. tenuiloba
P. affinis, P. arida, P. arizonica, 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
Subordinate taxa
P. foetida var. gossypiifolia
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 959. (1753) Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 3: 36. (1789)
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