Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Isotrema tomentosum
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read a taxonomic advisory regarding Isotrema from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Woolly Pipevine from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
Aristolochia tomentosa
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Pipevine, Woolly Dutchman's Pipe
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arto3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_arto3_002_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aritom_4
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Flowers about 1.6" long; covered w matted woolly hairs; strongly bent and pipe-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aritom3
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Pipe "face" is about 1" wide with 3 equal lobes and a purple-brown mouth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Jeff Ausmus jmaaritom
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jmaaritom2
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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JK Marlow s090725_08285
July
In cultivation
Lvs heart-shaped to nearly round, 4-8" long & wide, softly pubescent beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_aritom5
August Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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, 1938)
Aristolochia tomentosa
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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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Calyx yellowish
(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
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p063