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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Arizona passionflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Passiflora arida
- Passiflora pentaschista
- Passiflora oaxacana
- Passiflora chrysophylla
- Passiflora palmeri
- Passiflora fruticosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Genus
- Passiflora
- Species
- Passiflora arizonica
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