Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Endodeca serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Endodeca from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-002:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aristolochia convolvulacea
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aristolochia hastata
COMMON NAME:
Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arse3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070506_067
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
Flowers similar to A. macrophylla but less than 1" long & with unequal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm070506_073
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
Small pipe-shaped flowers on stalks from the lowest leaf nodes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0465
May Greenville County SC
An erect herb up to 2' tall. Leaves elongate with heart-shaped bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_serpentaria_4b
May
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8886
June Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_serpentaria_1
June
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JK Marlow jkm090717_077
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
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JK Marlow jkm170826_773
August Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Endodeca serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-002:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aristolochia convolvulacea
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aristolochia hastata
2217
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in dry to mesic forests, perhaps more restricted to mesic situations over acidic substrate, ranging into drier situations over calcareous or mafic substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Maroon
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical calyx
3-merous
Calyx tubular, limb with 3 short obtuse lobes
Petals absent, usually
6 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p473
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p046
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p030