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

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

 Paraguay and Argentina.

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C

IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12

SYNONYMS:

 P. foetida var. sericea Chod. & Hassl.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin foetidus, which smells, smelly, unwelcome.
With flowers similar to those of the Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae).