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Passiflora incarnata

Species category

Weed

Common name

purple passionflower

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 5–5.5 mm
  • Width 4.2–4.5 mm
  • Thickness 1.5–1.7 mm

Color

Black

Texture

Large reticulations with round interspaces

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is on broad base.

Identification notes

Seed is uniform obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
. Reticulum well-developed with deep round interspaces. Sometimes the interspaces have a brown color.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Texas

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Passifloraceae

Valid name

Passiflora incarnata L.

Passiflora incarnata. True seeds with interspaces that are sometimes brown.
Passiflora incarnata. True seeds with interspaces that are sometimes brown.