Passiflora caerulea (Common Passion Flower)
Passiflora caerulea (Common Passion Flower) with radiating purple filaments and central green reproductive parts above foliage.
Botanical name: Passiflora caerulea
Common name: Common Passion Flower
Family: Passifloraceae
Origin: South America
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A woody vine capable of growing to 15-20 m high where supporting trees are available. The leaves are alternate, palmately five-lobed (sometimes three or seven lobes).
The white and purple-blue flowers which appear in summer may be as large as 4 in (10.2 cm) across. The fruit is an oval orange-yellow berry.
Numerous crosses have been made between P. caerulea and Passiflora racemosa, Passiflora alata, and Passiflora Amethyst.
Similar plants: Passiflora caerulea (Common Passion Flower)
- Passiflora alata (Winged-Stem Passionflower)
- Passiflora citrina (Yellow Passion Flower)
- Passiflora coccinea (Red Passion Flower)
- Passiflora colinvauxii (Colinvaux's Passion Flower)
- Passiflora coriacea (Wild Sweet Calabash)
- Passiflora edulis (Passion Fruit)
- Passiflora foetida (Wild Maracuja)
- Passiflora incarnata x cincinnata ''Incense'' (Passiflora 'Incense')
- Passiflora lanuginosa (Woolly Passion Flower)
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