Passiflora foetida var. hirsuta | The Italian Collection of Maurizio Vecchia

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Amazon basin of Brazil and Peru. 

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C

IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C

ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin foetidus, which smells, smelly, unwelcome.
This variety is particularly hairy, rich in hair (Lat. hirsutus).