Passiflora incarnata | ©2014 David Allio
A Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens is covered with pollen from a Purple Passionflower Passiflora incarnata in Upstate South Carolina. Passiflora incarnata is also known as Purple Passionflower, True Passionflower, Maypop, Ocoee, Wild Apricot, and Wild Passion Vine. Passifloraceae is predominantly a tropical family represented on the mainland United States by the Passiflora genus.[1]
camera: Nikon D60 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED
focal length: 200mm | exposure: f/11 – 1/320th – ISO 400
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1 Radford, Albert E, Harry E. Ahles, and C R. Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Print.
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