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Cupped passionflower

Passiflora bryonioides

Cupped passionflower
Photo: NaturaLista user: luispauperrimo, CC BY 4.0

Cupped passionflower is a small perennial climbing vine from the arid borderlands of Arizona and northern Mexico, grown for its white flowers and tolerance of heat and dryness. It needs warmth, good drainage and sun, and it is far less lush than tropical passionflowers.

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 mix.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Arizona to Mexico
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Passiflora bryonioides, the cupped passionflower, is a plant in the genus Passiflora, family Passifloraceae. It is native to northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Guanajuato) and the south-western United States (Arizona).

The plant is a perennial vine up to 2 m tall that climbs via tendrils and has palmately-lobed leaves. Flowers are white with purple stripes along the petals. Fruits are pale green and ovoid.

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 · Arizona Passion Vine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora bryonioides 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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