Accession Data
Aristolochia californica
Common Name: California Pipevine, California Snakeroot
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Country of Origin: northern California USA (endemic)
Description: The larva of the endemic California pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor hirsuta) relies on the California pipevine as its only food source. The red-spotted black caterpillars consume the leaves of the plants, and then use the flowers as a secure, enclosed place to undergo metamorphosis. The plant contains a toxin which when ingested by the caterpillars makes them unpalatable to predators.3
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 8a-10b
Accession #: 201600144
Accession Date: 2016-08-30 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 6001
Quantity: 1
Source: Oaktown Native Plant Nursery
Provenance:
-
Original Label Data:
Aristolochia californica Alameda Co. CA 012116
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
SubFamily: Aristolchioideae
Tribe: Aristolochieae
Flowering Data:
This accession has been observed in bloom on:| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
- Aristolochia californica at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
- Aristolochia californica at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
Images
