Verbenaceae
Queen's-wreath
Petrea volubilis
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Petrea
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Common names
By language (9)
- Afrikaans
- Perskransie, Petrea
- Arabic
- بتراء
- Bangla
- নীলমনিলতা
- Chinese
- 蓝花藤, 藍花藤, 紫霞藤
- English
- Queen's-wreath
- Finnish
- Sinipotkurikukka
- Japanese
- ペトレア
- Malayalam
- നീലമണി
- Thai
- พวงคราม
Synonyms
- Petrea amazonica Moldenke
- Petrea arborea Kunth
- Petrea arborea f. albiflora Standl.
- Petrea arborea f. broadwayi (Moldenke) Moldenke
- Petrea arborea var. broadwayi Moldenke
- Petrea arborescens Archer ex Moldenke
- Petrea aspera Turcz.
- Petrea aspera f. albiflora Moldenke
- Petrea atrocoerulea Moldenke
- Petrea colombiana Moldenke
- Petrea erecta G.Lodd.
- Petrea fragrantissima Rusby
- Petrea kohautiana C.Presl
- Petrea kohautiana f. alba (G.F.Freeman & W.G.Freeman) Moldenke
- Petrea kohautiana var. anomala Moldenke
- Petrea kohautiana var. pilosula Moldenke
- Petrea mexicana Willd. ex Cham.
- Petrea nitidula Moldenke
- Petrea ovata M.Martens & Galeotti
- Petrea racemosa Nees
- Petrea racemosa f. alba (Kuhlm. ex Moldenke) Moldenke
- Petrea racemosa var. alba Kuhlm. ex Moldenke
- Petrea retusa C.Presl
- Petrea riparia Moldenke
- Petrea rivularis Moldenke
- Petrea serrata C.Presl
- Petrea stapeliae Paxton
- Petrea subserrata Bárcena
- Petrea subserrata Cham.
- Petrea swallenii Moldenke
- Petrea vincentina Turcz.
- Petrea volubilis f. albiflora (Standl.) Standl.
- Petrea volubilis f. pubescens (Moldenke) Moldenke
- Petrea volubilis var. alba G.F.Freeman & W.G.Freeman
- Petrea volubilis var. albiflora (Standl.) Moldenke
- Petrea volubilis var. mexicana Cham.
- Petrea volubilis var. pubescens Moldenke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JackyR, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Armando Golzio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.