Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Isotrema tomentosum
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isotrema tomentosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Isotrema tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Aristolochia 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 Dutchman's Pipe, Woolly Pipevine
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Jeff Ausmus jmaaritom
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Peduncle 1-7cm, not bracteolate, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow s090725_08285
July
In cultivation
Lvs heart-shaped to nearly round, 4-8" long & wide, softly pubescent beneath, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Isotrema tomentosum
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia tomentosa
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isotrema tomentosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Isotrema tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Aristolochia 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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