Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia
Passiflora foetida L. var. gossypiifolia (Desv. ex Ham.) Masters
Cottonleaf Passionflower, Corona De Cristo
Passifloraceae (Passion-Flower Family)
USDA Symbol: PAFOGUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I)
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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