2593

Climbing woody vine
Perennial

Native to Georgia, naturalized in NC, native(?) or naturalized(?) in SC

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare in GA, NC, SC

Look for it in floodplain forests, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Calyx yellow (with a purple mouth)
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical calyx
3-merous
Calyx tubular, limb with 3 spreading lobes
Petals absent, usually
6 stamens

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p220
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p057
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p027
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p046

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Isotrema tomentosum   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia tomentosa   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Isotrema tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-003?:
Aristolochia tomentosa   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aristolochia tomentosa