Woolly Dutchman's Pipe

(Aristolochia tomentosa)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Woolly Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia tomentosa)

Identification: Plant a climbing vine. Flowers very unusual, a curved, tubular structure borne on a long stem. Apex of flower with 3 triangular sepals, green when young, becoming red-brown with age. Leaves heart-shaped covered with fine hairs. Stems and flowers covered with bristly hairs.

Distribution: Largely a species of the Mississippi Valley region from southern Illinois and Wisconsin. southward to Texas. Also found throughout the southeastern United States to Florida, and isolated localities in the New York and southern New England.

Habitat: Woolly Dutchman's Pipe is found in forest.

Flowering period: May to June.

Similar Species: Woolly Dutchman's Pipe is one of a number of eastern species of the genus Aristolochia. One of the more common species, Pipevine (Aristolochia macrophylla) lacks the dense hairs on the leaves, stems, and flowers.

Woolly Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia tomentosa)

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