Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Passiflora affinis
Passiflora affinis Engelm.
Bracted Passionflower, Passion Flower
Passifloraceae (Passion-Flower Family)
USDA Symbol: PAAFUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Passiflora affinis
Bracted Passion-Flower
Passifloraceae
Location: 10 m S of new iron bridge on S Oakwell Farms Pky & creekside of the walking path--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Climing in Ligustrum. Damp, alluvial soil. Semi-shade.
Description: Perennial vine, glabrous,2+ m branches. Leaves wider than long, about 7x5 cm, 3-lobed to half the length; lobes rounded, mucronulate. Peduncles w/setaceous bracts 1-3 mm long; remote in upper half. Flowers to 2.5 cm wide. Petals greenish-yellow. Fruit (immature) globose, about 1 cm dia.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Sep 2, 1994
Specimen number: 671
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0955
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73
Annotations: SCFXB (In flower & fruit)