Common Name: PASSION FLOWER FAMILY Habit: Vine [(annual), shrub, tree]. Stem: tendrils present or not. Leaf: petioled, alternate [opposite], palmately lobed to unlobed [compound], entire to serrate, generally glandular, palmately [pinnately] veined; stipuled. Inflorescence: axillary, 1--2 per node [cymes]; flowers generally bracted. Flower: radial [bilateral], with a tube, cup, or disk from fused sepals and petals [and stamen filaments]; sepals [3]5[8], petals [3]5[8] or 0; generally a whorl of filamentous structures or knobs ("corona") at edge of hypanthium, generally brightly colored; stamens [4]5[+- 25], attached just below ovary [or edge of hypanthium]; ovary stalked to +- sessile, carpels 3, chamber 1, placentas parietal, stigmas generally 3. Fruit: berry [capsule]. Seed: generally many, generally flattened, with aril. Genera In Family: 17 genera, +- 750 species: worldwide tropics, some temperate. eFlora Treatment Author: Douglas H. Goldman Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: PASSION FLOWER Stem: round to angled, tendrils in axils. Leaf: glandular or not, glabrous to hairy; stipules minute to leaf-like, glandular or not, persistent or not. Inflorescence: generally 1 per node; generally bracted, bracts minute to leaf-like, glandular or not. Flower: +- green to brightly colored; anthers easily rotated; ovary generally stalked, styles 3 [4], stigmas rounded to lobed. Etymology: (Latin: passion or suffering + flower, for flower symbolizing Christ's crucifixion) Note: Many species popular in horticulture. Reference: Ulmer & MacDougal 2004 Passiflora: Passionflowers of the World. Timber Press
Passiflora caerulea L.
NATURALIZED Leaf: margin +- entire, occasionally serrate at lobe bases; stipules persistent. Flower: generally erect; corona filaments generally striped white and purple (all white); stigmas +- lobed. Fruit: 3--5 cm, 3--3.5 cm wide, ovoid to ellipsoid, yellow-orange to orange. Chromosomes: n=9. Ecology: Open woodland, chaparral margins, disturbed areas; Elevation: < 400 m. Bioregional Distribution: SCo, WTR, PR; Distribution Outside California: native to central South America. Flowering Time: Mar--Jun Unabridged Note: Cold-hardy to +- -20°C. Jepson eFlora Author: Douglas H. Goldman Reference: Ulmer & MacDougal 2004 Passiflora: Passionflowers of the World. Timber Press Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Passiflora Next taxon: Passiflora tarminiana
Citation for this treatment: Douglas H. Goldman 2012, Passiflora caerulea, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36469, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.
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