Purple Passionflower, Wild Passion Vine
Passiflora incarnata
Characteristics
- General - Native perennial herbaceous vine.
- Flowers - White, purple bands and spots, stamens and stigma and interesting underside structures.
- Foliage - 3 narrow lobes, serrated edges
- Stem structures - Angular, hirsute.
- Fruit - Oblong and quite large.
Typical border dnvironment.
Flower showing internal parts including fruit.
Underside of the flower showing the large and narrow sepals.
Vine showing alternating leaves each with 3 narrow lobes.
Leaf underside and node tendrils.
Leaf margin and sparse haris on underside veins.
Leaf petiole and large petiole glands
Stem shape with short hairs, node structures, petiole and large gland.
Hirsute tendril.
Large fruit.
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