#passifloraceae

[francescointoppa]

Passiflora (Passiflora, ibrido di origine orticola, Passifloraceae)

[faguscarolinensis]

Passiflora incarnata / Purple Passionflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Passiflora 'Purple Tiger'

Passion flowers have amazing floral architecture, and the stripes and spots and tentacles seen here are a case in point. Our vine grows vigorously, but in past years it has tended to flower late in the year, just around the time when cold weather arrives to put a damper on the display. So it was gratifying to have it burst into bloom this year in August, producing hundreds of flowers for a couple of weeks. 'Purple Tiger' is a hybrid with South American parentage.

-Brian

[syngoniums]

Passiflora mexicana. Primarily a Mexican species, its U.S. range is a limited area of southern Arizona. With that said, I found the seeds easier to germinate than any other passionflower I've tried so far, though it looks like the generous rain this year may have finally triggered some others. The heart-shaped leaves belong to a plant grown from the seeds of the Cynanchum racemosum pods I collected last November. There are also some Pattalias paluster (aka Cynanchum angustifolia) vines in the mix, though they're not visible here.

[blondebrainpowered]

Monarch butterfly on a Passion flower.

Photographer: Thomas Bresson

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Passiflora incarnata Common Name(s): Purple passionflower, maypop Family: Passifloraceae (passionflower) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Vine, forb USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Allen, Texas Season(s): Summer

The name comes from associating the flower with the Passion of Jesus.

[times-of-life]

High-wire Passion

Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

Drenched Scarlet Passion Flower (Passiflora coccinea) after an earlier downpour in the Gardens by the Bay.

[thebashfulbotanist]

This cute little plant is Turnera callosa, an endemic of Mexico. It's found in seasonally dry tropical habitats, and, accordingly, has some fairly large underground structures to survive these conditions. Although it doesn't look like the Passiflora we're probably all most familiar with, it's actually in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae!