Passiflora herbertiana subsp. insulae-howei
| Passiflora herbertiana subsp. insulae-howei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Passiflora |
| Species: | P. herbertiana |
| Subspecies: | P. h. subsp. insulae-howei |
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Passiflora herbertiana subsp. insulae-howei P.S.Green |
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Passiflora herbertiana subsp. insulae-howei is a flowering plant in the passion flower family. The subspecific epithet refers to the island to which the subspecies is endemic.
It is a soft-wooded vine, with stems growing to several metres in length. The leaves are usually 40–80 mm long and 50–80 mm wide. The solitary, orange-yellow to greenish flowers, 60 mm across, appear from October to March. The oval green fruits are 40–50 mm long; they are edible but sickly-sweet.
The subspecies is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, where it is widespread.
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