Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
(?)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Aristolochia littoralis
COMMON NAME:
Elegant Dutchman's Pipe, Calico Flower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
(?)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Aristolochia littoralis
4137
Climbing woody vine (twining)
Perennial
Non-native: Brazil
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in disturbed areas, 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.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Leaves cordate
Leaves have long petioles.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Sometimes rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer
Brownish-purple
mottled with white
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical calyx
3-merous
Calyx tubular, limb with 3 spreading lobes
Petals absent, usually
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!