Blue Passionflower - Passiflora caerulea
A vigorous, tendril vine growing to 10 metres or more, producing large white flowers with central filaments of purple, blue and white followed by orange-yellow fruit. The leaves are deeply lobed, dark green and glossy.
Usually occurs as an escape from cultivation.
Flowering from July to September, followed by egg-shaped, orange-yellow fruit.
Deciduous or semi-evergreen.
Occasionally recorded as an escape from cultivation in Britain.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Ratby
09 October 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Blue Passionflower
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Malpighiales
- Family:
- Passifloraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 09/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 09/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
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