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Passiflora caerulea (blue passion flower; bluecrown passionflower)

Wikipedia Abstract

Passiflora caerulea, commonly known as the Blue Passion Flower or the Common Passion Flower, is a vine native to South America. These names may also be applied to Passiflora edulis sometimes known as the passionfruit. It is popular with gardeners because of its intricate, scented flowers that have an almost plastic-looking appearance.
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Attributes

Height [2]  32 feet (10 m)
Width [2]  32 feet (10 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Scent [2]  The flowers are delicately scented; The cultivar 'Constance Elliot' is more fragrant;
Structure [2]  Vine
Usage [2]  This plant can be used as a rootstock for some of the less hardy members of this genus, conferring on them an additional cold tolerance. Be careful that root suckers do not take over from the grafted plant;
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Defensores del Chaco National Park II 1792493 Paraguay  
Reserva de Biosfera del Chaco   Paraguay        

Emblem of

Paraguay

Predators

Acraea natalica (Natal Acraea)[4]
Acraea zetes[4]
Agraulis vanillae (gulf fritillary)[4]
Anastrepha fraterculus[5]
Anastrepha mburucuyae[5]
Anastrepha pseudoparallela[5]
Antitype chi (Grey Chi)[6]
Dione juno (Silver-spotted flabeau)[4]
Dryas iulia (Julia butterfly)[4]
Eueides isabella (Isabel's tiger butterfly)[4]
Euptoieta claudia (Variegated fritillary)[4]
Heliconius besckei[4]
Heliconius erato (Small postman butterfly)[4]
Heliconius wernickei[4]
Josia aurimutua[4]
Josia mononeura[4]
Rhodogastria amasis[4]
Selenaspidus articulatus (rufous scale)[6]

Distribution

North America; Oceania;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., 29-Aug-2012, ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004. ♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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