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| flower--the fringy structures are collectively called a corona ("crown"). The stigmas and stamens are above the corona. | Fruit is edible (and delicious!)
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| The feathery bracts are carnivorous. They secrete a very sticky nectar and nitrogenase to attract bugs and dissolve them so that the plant can use the nutrients. | Another photo of the bracts surrounding the fruits. |
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| Passiflora habit - vine | individual leaf, showing the deeply leaves; most Passiflora foetida have either 3 or 5 leaf lobes. |
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| stems, petioles, and leaves are covered with tiny trichomes |
