Passifloraceae
Blue passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Genus
- Passiflora
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Common names
By language (41)
- Afrikaans
- Passieblom
- Arabic
- زهرة الآلام الشائعة, الساعة, ابو سبعة الوان, جرح الفلاك, زهرة الساعة
- arz
- زهرة الآلام الشائعه
- Asturian
- Pasiflora
- Azerbaijani
- Mavi qonaqotu
- Bangla
- ঝুমকোলতা
- Basque
- Passionera
- Bosnian
- Pasijonka
- Bulgarian
- Синя пасифлора
- Catalan
- Passionera, Passionera blava
- Chinese
- 蓝花西番莲, 蛇王藤, 西洋鞠, 西番莲, 西番莲，百香果, 转心莲, 转枝莲
- Croatian
- Pasiflora caerulea
- Czech
- Mučenka modrá
- Danish
- Blaa passionsblomst
- dty
- घडीफूल
- Dutch
- Blauwe passiebloem
- English
- Blue passionflower, Bluecrown passionflower, Blue passion flower
- Finnish
- Kärsimyspassio
- French
- Passiflore bleue
- Galician
- Pasiflora azul
- German
- Blaue Passionsblume, Passionsblume
- Guarani
- Mburukuja
- Hebrew
- שעונית כחולה
- hsb
- Módra ćerpjenka
- Hungarian
- Kék golgotavirág
- Italian
- Fiore della passione
- Japanese
- トケイソウ, アオトケイソウ, パッシフローラ・セルレア, 時計草
- Korean
- 시계꽃
- lah
- نیلا شام
- Maithili
- घडीफूल
- Nepali
- घडीफूल
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pasjonsblomst
- Persian
- پیچ ساعتی گل آبی رنگ, پیچ ساعتی گل ابی رنگ
- Polish
- Męczennica błękitna, Męczennica modra
- Portuguese
- Maracujá azul
- Russian
- Страстоцвет голубой, «Кавалерская звезда»
- Slovak
- Mučenka belasá
- Spanish
- Flor de la pasión
- Swedish
- Blå passionsblomma
- Ukrainian
- Пасифлора блакитна
- Vietnamese
- Lạc tiên cảnh
Synonyms
- Granadilla coerulea Medik.
- Passiflora caerulea var. angustifolia G.Don
- Passiflora caerulea var. glauca Mast.
- Passiflora caerulea var. glaucophylla Loudon
- Passiflora caerulea var. imbricata Mast.
- Passiflora caerulea var. regnellii Mast.
- Passiflora chinensis hort. ex Mast.
- Passiflora granadilla Gaterau
- Passiflora hartwiesiana hort. ex Mast.
- Passiflora loureiroi G.Don
- Passiflora mayana Veitch ex Voigt
- Passiflora selloi Dehnh.
- Passiflora stenophylla Hoffmanns.
Flowers
- In flower
- March, September to November (from 940 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- blue (Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrea Gantzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gustavo Puente, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lauu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pablo Bombín, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Victoria Prosdocimo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RAP, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hazem zein alabdin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tomás Carranza Perales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.