Passiflora vitifolia

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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: C America, S America
Cultivation
Exposure: full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: regular to moderate"regular to moderate" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Features: flowers
Sunset Zones: 16, 17, 23-25
Scientific Names

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Read about Passiflora vitifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Passiflora vitifolia, HBK. (P. sanguinea, Smith. Tacsonia Buchananii, Lem.). St. shrubby, climbing, terete: lvs. cordate-ovate in outline, deeply 3-lobed or divided and the divisions coarsely toothed, strong-veined, usually pubescent beneath: fl. 4-6 in. across, nearly flat, the linear-oblong sepals and petals bright scarlet, the sepals with a spine at the tip; outer corona filaments red, the inner ones white, all of them upright or spreading and much shorter than the envelopes. Brazil. B.M. 7936. F.M. 1878:317. G.C. III. 8:213; 43:187. G.Z. 28:145. F.W. 1868:289.—An old species, but not common in cult. Said not to be free-flowering. A very brilliant species.


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