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Accession Data:

Petrea volubilis L.

  • Common Name: Queens Wreath, Purple Wreath
  • Family: Verbenaceae J. St-Hil.

  • Country of Origin: Florida, Mexico to Trop. America

  • Description: Evergreen woody vine or sub-shrub, to 35 feet; leaves with petioles to 1/2 inch long, elliptic, 2-8 inches long, acute or obtusely cuneate at base, mostly acute to short-acuminate at apex, rough-scabrous; racemes axillary, 3-12 inches long; flowers pale lilac to purple, appearing from late winter to late summer..

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800003
  • Source: Logee's
  • Accession Date: 02-05-1998
  • Bench: 1306 - NEOA: West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Petreae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
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References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Paraguay

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 May 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 21 May 2015

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:42:23 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Petrea volubilis

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Tribe Duranteae

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Subfamily
Tribe Lantaneae

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  • Phyla scaberrima

Subfamily
Tribe Petreae

  • Petrea volubilis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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