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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Isotrema macrophyllum
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Read a taxonomic advisory regarding Isotrema from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Isotrema from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia macrophylla
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isotrema macrophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Isotrema macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Aristolochia macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-001:
Aristolochia macrophylla FAMILY Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aristolochia durior
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia macrophylla
COMMON NAME:
Dutchman's Pipe, Pipevine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arma7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120426_736
April Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm120426_740
April Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3425
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves are heart-shaped, 4-10" wide, smooth to slightly hairy beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3431
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Peduncle 2-5cm long with a deciduous, perfoliate bract near the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3435
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Caterpillars of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly feed only on this family, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm230525_3439
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_macrophylla_z
May
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Will Stuart wil_8771481827_6571c1aeb1
May Madison County NC
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100626_121
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Flower is a fleshy tubular S-curved calyx terminating in 3 spreading lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm190719_0006
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Plant nearly glabrous; leaves abruptly pointed (short acuminate), per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm060805_217
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080802_156
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm111008_732
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Fruit a 2-4" ribbed capsule with many flat triangular seeds, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm0311c_01
November Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
High-climbing, twining vine most common in rich coves and moist slopes, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm0311c_03
November Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The species name "macrophylla" means "large leaf", per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Isotrema macrophyllum
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia macrophylla
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isotrema macrophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Isotrema macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Aristolochia macrophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-001:
Aristolochia macrophylla
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aristolochia durior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia macrophylla
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Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests and other mesic mountain forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare in SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves cordate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Maroon/Yellow-brown
Bilaterally symmetrical calyx
3-merous
Calyx tubular, limb with 3 spreading lobes
Petals absent, usually
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p219
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p044
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p135
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p143
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p100
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p057
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p061
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p045
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p046
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p21
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p271
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p063
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p030
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