Passiflora arizonica

Passiflora arizonica, commonly known as the Arizona passionflower,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Passiflora. It is a perennial climbing vine.[2] It is native to the Sonoran Desert in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona.[3] It has showy white-purple flowers and grows in desert grasslands.[2]

Passiflora arizonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species:
P. arizonica
Binomial name
Passiflora arizonica
(Killip) D.H. Goldman

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