Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aristolochia elegans
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) 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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia elegans
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aristolochia elegans
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Aristolochia littoralis
4137
Climbing woody vine (twining)
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Brazil
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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
Bilaterally symmetrical calyx
3-merous
Calyx tubular, limb with 3 spreading lobes
Petals absent, usually
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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