"A genus of plants almost exclusively native to the warm parts of America, and belonging to the natural order Passifloaceae; an order of exogenous plants, of which more than 200 species are known, mostly climbers, having tendrils which spring from the axils of the leaves, herbaceous or half shrubby, natives of tropical and subtropical countries, but rare in Asia and Africa." — Chambers, 1881

Passionflower

"A genus of plants almost exclusively native to the warm parts of America, and belonging to the natural…

A runner is a very slender, thread-like, leafless stolon, much like a tendril, lying on the ground, and rooting and budding to give rise to a new plant some distance from parent plant.

Runner

A runner is a very slender, thread-like, leafless stolon, much like a tendril, lying on the ground,…

Tendrils, such as these of the Virginia Creeper, are very slender, leafless branches, used to enable certain plants to climb.

Tendrils

Tendrils, such as these of the Virginia Creeper, are very slender, leafless branches, used to enable…