Passiflora ciliata seeds grow into a climbing passionflower native to the wet tropical biome from Mexico and southern Florida south through Central America to northern Colombia, and throughout the Greater Antilles. Described by Aiton (William Aiton, 1731–1793, Scottish botanist and first director of Kew Gardens). The epithet ciliata means 'fringed with hairs' (from Latin cilium = eyelash/fringe), referring to fringing hairs on the leaves or bracts. A wide-ranging species of the Caribbean and Central American wet tropics; climbing habit; typical Passifloraceae flower structure with corona filaments. Family Passifloraceae.Full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained soils; warm wet tropical conditions. Climbing passionflower of forest margins and secondary vegetation. Suitable for tropical gardens. 'Ciliata' = fringed with hairs (Latin cilium); Aiton (1731–1793, first director of Kew Gardens); Caribbean + C. America Mexico to N. Colombia, S. Florida to Greater Antilles; Caribbean/Mesoamerican distribution Mexico to N. Colombia, S. Florida to Greater Antilles — wet tropical biome; climber Genus Passiflora: ~550 species; New World tropics; passion flowers; Family Passifloraceae; Order Malpighiales Full sun/partial shade; moist soils; warm tropical; Caribbean and Central American climber; Family Passifloraceae Passiflora ciliata — the fringed passionflower — is a wide-ranging Caribbean and Mesoamerican species first described by William Aiton, the founding director of Kew Gardens, who catalogued the thousands of plants grown in the Royal Botanic Gardens in his landmark publication Hortus Kewensis, including many American species then newly introduced to cultivation. IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
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