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common Dutchman's pipe, pipevine, woolly Dutchman's pipe

Marsh's Dutchman's-pipe

Habit Lianas, twining, to 25 m, woody. Lianas, twining, to 5 m, herbaceous.
Young stem

ribbed, tomentose.

smooth, glabrous.

Leaves

blade ovate to reniform, 9-20 × 8-15 cm, base cordate, sinus depth 1-2 cm, apex obtuse to acute;

surfaces abaxially tomentose;

venation palmate-pinnate.

blade ovate to hastate, 3-lobed, 3-8 × 2-7 cm, base cordate to sagittate, sinus depth to 1 cm, apex acute or acuminate;

surfaces glabrous;

venation palmate.

Inflorescences

on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers;

peduncle not bracteolate, 1-7 cm.

on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers;

peduncle bracteolate, 1-1.5 cm;

bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, to 15 mm.

Flowers

calyx yellow-green, sharply bent;

utricle pendent, globose to cylindric, 0.5-1 × 0.5-0.8 cm;

syrinx absent;

tube bent, cylindric, 1-3 × 0.5 cm;

annulus rugulose;

limb yellow, 3-lobed, lobes triangular, 2 × 2 cm, glabrous;

gynostemium 3-lobed, globose, 3 mm;

anthers 6;

ovary 6-locular, 1-7 cm.

calyx brown-purple, straight;

utricle angled upward, ovoid, 0.5-5 × 0.5 cm;

syrinx funnel-shaped, 2 mm;

tube upright, cylindric, 1 × 0.25 cm;

annulus absent;

limb brownish red, 1-lobed, lobe narrowly cordate to narrowly ovate, 1-6 × 0.75 cm, glabrous;

gynostemium 5-lobed, crown-shaped, 2-3 mm;

anthers 5;

ovary 5-locular, 1-1.5 cm.

Capsule

ellipsoid to cylindric, 6-8 × 4-6 cm, dehiscence basipetal;

valves 3;

septa entire, not attached to valves.

globose to ovoid, 1.5 × 1-3 cm, dehiscence basipetal;

valves 5;

septa entire, not attached to valves.

Seeds

flat, triangular, 1 × 1 cm.

flat, triangular, 0.5 × 0.5 cm.

2n

= 28.

Aristolochia tomentosa

Aristolochia pentandra

Phenology Flowering late spring–summer. Flowering winter–early spring.
Habitat Alluvial soils along rivers and streams Wet Caribbean-type lowlands
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) 0-50 m (0-200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OK; TN; TX
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from FNA
FL; TX
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Discussion

Aristolochia tomentosa has escaped from cultivation in various places, including Virginia; this is not documented.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochia Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochia
Sibling taxa
A. californica, A. clematitis, A. coryi, A. erecta, A. macrophylla, A. maxima, A. pentandra, A. reticulata, A. serpentaria, A. watsonii, A. wrightii
A. californica, A. clematitis, A. coryi, A. erecta, A. macrophylla, A. maxima, A. reticulata, A. serpentaria, A. tomentosa, A. watsonii, A. wrightii
Synonyms Isotrema tomentosa A. marshii, A. racemosa
Name authority Sims: Bot. Mag. 33: plate 1369. (1811) Jacquin: Enum. Syst. Pl., 30. (1760)
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