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

Passiflora foetida var. hirsutissima, information, classification, temperatures. etymology of Passiflora foetida var. hirsutissima. Discover the Italian Passiflora Collection by Maurizio Vecchia.

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

Systematics (J. Macdougal et al., 2004)

SUBGENUS: passiflora
SUPERSECTION: stipulata
SECTION: dysosmia


GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OR ORIGIN:

Guatemala, Alta Vera Paz.  


MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 10 °C


IDEAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: 12 °C


ETYMOLOGY:

From the Latin foetidus, which smells, smelly, unwelcome.
Plant heavily covered with hairs. Hirsutissimus is the Latin superlative of hirsutus, with many minute hairs.


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