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Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia (Desv. ex Hamilton) Masters

Cottonleaf passionflower, Corona de cristo
Passifloraceae (Passion-Flower Family)

USDA Symbol: PAFOG
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia

Corona de Cristo, Passion-Flower

Passifloraceae

Location: N of path & 15 m W of horse pens--Oakwell Farms.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Clamboring on Rosa bracteata. Full sun; nominal moisture; alkaline soil.

Description: Herbaceous vine, viscous; leaves hastate, to 5 x 5 cm, basal lobes semi-circular. Bracts 2-3cm long; ultimate segments gland-tipped. Flowers to cm wide, white-lavender. Petals oblong, shorter than sepals. Climbs on other herbs, shrubs by axillary twining tentacies.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: Jul 4, 1987
Specimen number: 252

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0514
 Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
 Accession Number: 40

Annotations: SCXXB

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