After flowering, long, bean-shaped pods are produced that often persist through the winter. Both the fruits and flowers are edible on some varieties and many food items are made from the plant. Stems erect, slender, rough, hairy, swollen at joints Leaves opposite, joined at base. Flowers large, reddish-purple to purple. Winter annual. Many small flowers grouped together into a head. Attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. The unique flowers are about three inches wide and they have several petals accented with a purple … Few plants rival the extroverted beauty of a climbing vine bursting with purple flowers. Once the pods have matured and turned dark, they are tricky to handle. Found in grain crops. Purple hyacinth bean is a very vigorous grower and the vines are a popular choice for a quick cover, although they can frustrate you by refusing to flower until late in the season. More on Wikipedia. Plant identification blue and purple flowers The following photos will allow you to identify blue and purple flowering plants. Flowers are orange-scarlet, 3 inches long, tube-shaped and showy from July-September. Click on image to view plant details. If the pod bursts, the wind carries the seeds away to start the cycle again. Vines or perennial herbs exuding white sap from breaks. The bright green, pointed leaves grow in leaflets of three leaves. A native of the Southeastern U.S. including and upto Indiana and Illinois, where it typically occurs in … There are a number of vines that bear purple blooms ranging in shade from the pale lilac of wisteria to the deep royal purple of morning glories. Asteraceae - Green Flowers: Sunflower Family: Green or brownish flowers apparently lacking petals. Inside the pods are dozens of flat, horse-shoe shaped seeds with feathery appendages. You see it intertwined with another plant - its leaves are the smaller, darker green, smooth ones on the left. Passion flower is a rapid-growing native vine with tendril-climbing vine which is woody in warm winter climates and herbaceous (dies to the ground) in cold winter climates. Also note the seed pods. There are a whole bunch of plants that I can't identify, but the first I'll present to you is this lovely purple flowered vine (sorry for the blurry photo, my camera struggles with close ups). Heads sometimes form a bur. Seed pod ribbed, bladder- or urn-like, seed lack and rough. If pods are too high to reach, simply cut the vine at the base, but be sure to do it while the pods are green. Passiflora incarnata, commonly known as maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot, and wild passion vine, is a fast-growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems. Star-shaped flowers often arranged in an umbel. The purple passion flower is a fast growing vine that can reach up to 20 feet or more. 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