Unusual Pipevines

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GARDENING | PLANT ID

arIstolochia 

Dutchman's Pipe

The vernacular names are birthwort, pipevine, or Dutchman's pipe. It falls in the clad Magnoliids.

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Texas Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia reticulata 

The Texas Dutchman's pipe can be found in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It is an unusual wild herb and hosts the eastern pipe-vine swallowtail caterpillar. The plant likes moist, sandy soil and has a long, thick root. It flowers in late spring to early summer. A diagram of the leaf, vine, flower and fruit can be seen at the Flora of North America site or the botanical prints below.

Aristolochia reticulata Nutt.
J. Carson, J.H. Colen, Illustrations of medical botany, vol. 2, (1847)

Aristolochia reticulata Nuttall
Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique. Serié 4, (1854)
Natural History Museum, London
Plant Illustrations

Swanflower_______________________________ Aristolochia erecta Swanflower, Aristolochia erecta, grows wild in Texas and is considered adapted to Texas. Linnaeus published it's origins as Vera Cruz, (the port city Veracruz, Mexico). The pipe-vine swallowtail butterfly caterpillar uses it as a food source.  It has a small interesting flower in the shape of a swan. Swanflower, Aristolochia erecta Eric Hunt California Dutchman's-pipe_____________________ Aristolochia californica Aristolochia californica, flower The California pipevine or California Dutchman's-pipe  is a perennial woody vine of western North America. There are several Pipe-vines, here are a few. Table 1: Aristolochia Aristolochia californica California Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia coryi Cory's Dutchman's-pipe, Cory's Pipevine Aristolochia erecta Swanflower Aristolochia macrophylla Pipevine, Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia pentandra Marsh's Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia reticulata Texas Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia Snakeroot, Virginia Dutchmanspipe Aristolochia tomentosa Woolly Dutchman's Pipe, Common Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia watsonii Indianroot, Watson's Dutchman's-pipe   Bibliography________________________________________________________ *Diggs, George M, Barney L. Lipscomb, and Robert J. O'Kennon. Shinners and Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. Fort Worth: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1999. Print.