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Aristolochia littoralis

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

L. Parodi

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Hardiness Zone

7C 7-11

Common Names

• Calico Flower
• Aristoloquia

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Moist rainforest
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Oct (Paraguay)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (Paraguay)

Vigorous evergreen perennial woody-stemmed twining liane with glabrous kidney-shaped leaves to 130mm x 90mm. 100mm diameter funnelform solitary white or light green flowers with purple veining or reddish-purple with white or yellow marking, yellowish utricle to 32mm x 12mm, yellowish tube to 35mm long, white limb to 75mm diameter with red-purle veins & greenish-yellow throat. Longitudinally ribbed 60mm seed pods

Garden escapee, known weed

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Mobot
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• NYBG
• Llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• VOPR
• Exotica
• FOTA