Passiflora foetida hirsuta
Family: Passifloraceae
Plant Description: Herbaceous, hairy vines usually sticky with glandular hairs, with tendrils. Annual, ill-scented vine with stems to 2 m or longer. Alternate leaves palmately 3-lobed, 4-7 cm wide and about as long. Petals 1-5 cm long, purplish to white, radial; partially covered by several rings of threadlike appendages. Fruits 2-2.5 cm long, finally.
Plant Trivia: Spanish common tame translates as “crown of Christ.”
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Common on well watered soils in pastures, woods, and wase places
Bloom Period: April-November
Plant Use: Host plant for Heliconia, Gulf Fritillary, and Mexican Silverspot butterflies.
Key to the species of Passiflora:
- Petals lacking………………………………………………………………………………………………….2
Petals white to blue-lavender……………………………………………………………………..3
2. Glands on petiole sessile, more than 0.5 mm or longer in diameter ….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..P. tenuiloba
Glands on petiole stalked, less than 0.5 mm in diameter…….P. suberosa
3. Bracts at top of peduncle 4-7 mm long, entire or finely toothed……………………………………………………………………………………………………..P. incarnata
Bracts 2-3 cm long, pinnately divided………………………………………………P. foetida
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