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Arizona Passion Vine

Passiflora arizonica

Also called Arizona Passion-Flower, Arizonia passionflower, Arizona Passionflower

Arizona Passion Vine
Photo: Tereka Lasso, CC BY-SA 4.0

Arizona passionflower is a perennial climbing vine native to the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico, grown for its showy white and purple flowers. The key to growing it is full sun, excellent drainage and very little water once established.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
18–40 °C; protect below about 0 °C as it is frost-sensitive.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Arizona to Mexico (E. Sonora)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Passiflora arizonica, commonly known as the Arizona passionflower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Passiflora. It is a perennial climbing vine. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona. It has showy white-purple flowers and grows in desert grasslands.

Other Passiflora plants

Sea anemone passion flower · Bracted passionflower · Passionflower · Passiflora ambigua · Passiflora amoena · Passiflora ampullacea · Passion flower · Passion flower · Passionflower · Passiflora arbelaezii · Passiflora arborea · Norfolk Island Passionfruit

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora arizonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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