Passiflora foetida |
Passiflora biflora |
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fetid passionflower, scarletfruit passionflower, stinking passionflower |
twin-flower passionvine, two-flower passionflower |
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Stems | angular, minutely puberulent. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Berries | blue-black, ovoid to ellipsoid, 20–30 × 15–20 mm. |
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Floral | bracts setaceous, 1–3 × 0.5 mm, margins entire, eglandular. |
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2n | = 12. |
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Passiflora foetida |
Passiflora biflora |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |
Habitat | Intact or disturbed tropical woodlands in loamy soil over limestone | |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in tropical Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia]
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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 |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 959. (1753) | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 3: 36. (1789) |
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