Wild Flowers Provence

Identify wild flowers, trees, shrubs, orchids and other plants in Provence, France.

Environ 2800 photos de près de 700 plantes sauvages.  Comment le voir en français.
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Passiflora caerulea

Passiflore bleue
Common Passion Flower

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Additional information

Plant family

Area

Provence Verte

Flower colour

blue

Flower size

100 mm

Flowering months

May,

June,

July,

August,

September

Leaf type

Digitate

Height

10 m

Description

Native to South America. A vigorous, deciduous or semi-evergreen climbing vine, using tendrils to climb.

Flowers

The fragrant flowers are solitary, striking and complex. They have 5 petals and 5 sepals, both petals and sepals are white and similar in appearance. They are surmounted by a corona of 5 greenish-yellow stamens with blue or violet filaments and 3 purple stigmas.

Leaves

Digitate leaflets are finger-like. Divided into 5 finger-like lobes, 10-18 cm.

Fruits Seeds

Berry: oval in shape 6 x 4 cm, pale green, becoming orange when ripe, containing numerous seeds.

Edible

Fruit: slightly tart.

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