I found this plant near the beach growing in the sand. The flower looks like a mini passion flower.
Any ideas what it is?
Mexitron - 6-24-2013 at 10:28 AM
Passiflora arida is my best guess....bajajudy - 6-24-2013 at 10:39 AM
I agree tron. The leaves look so different from the passion fruit vine that we have which, I guess, is Passiflora edulis.
ThanksSkipjack Joe - 6-24-2013 at 11:49 AM
A member of the pesoflores family.DianaT - 6-24-2013 at 12:21 PM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
A member of the pesoflores family.
At least a peso works; gringo money is too shinyJack Swords - 6-24-2013 at 03:37 PM
Mexitron is probably right, but
P. Palmeri is also found from Bay of LA down to the Cape. It is the largest of the Passiflora found in Baja with flowers 5 - 7 cm wide. Its leaves
are viscous, glutinous. P. arida has flowers 2.5 - 3.5 cm wide and the plant is not viscous. Touching one of the viscous ones (related to P.
foetida) feels oily.
Be nice to see a better close-up photo. I used to have a collection of the endemic Baja Passiflora, but freezes took them out. Need to start
collecting them again. Little fruits are somewhat edible (but not like P. edulis-not native).bajajudy - 6-24-2013 at 05:40 PM
Jack
Yes sorry about the quality of the photo. By the time I got it onto my computer and realized how fuzzy it was, the flower had closed. It really is
the size of a one peso coin. Maybe another will open and I can get a better shot.woody with a view - 6-24-2013 at 07:00 PM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
A member of the pesoflores family.
that was pretty funny!!!! i just had a crappy day and that helped make it better.BajaBlanca - 6-25-2013 at 09:06 AM
Passiflora arida flower is just gorgeous!Graham - 6-26-2013 at 11:20 PM
I saw this passion fruit flower out on Guardian Angel Island in March, complete with the neat spider.
Probably "Pesoflores... make that Passiflora palmeri" but might be an
island subspecies or endemic?
