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Stinking passionflower

Passiflora foetida

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Field Notes

Description:

The stems are thin and wiry, covered with minute sticky yellow hairs. Older stems become woody. The flowers are white to pale cream coloured, about 5 cm diameter. The fruit +/- 2 cm diameter, yellowish-orange to red when ripe, and has numerous black seeds embedded in the pulp; the fruit are eaten and the seeds dispersed by birds.

Habitat:

This passion flower tolerates arid ground, but favours wet areas. It is known to be an invasive species in some areas.

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Nice passionflower! Hope you don't mind, I just went with one common name for this spotting to lessen confusion. I also added a link to wikipedia.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2011

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