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Aristolochia sempervirens

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

C.L.S.

Common Names

• Evergreen Birthwort
• Evergreen Dutchman's Pipe
• Aristoloche Éleveé (French)
• Aristolochia sempreverde or Erba Astrologa or Pistolochia (Italian)
• Aristoloquia Trepadora or Candilitos (Spanish)
• Imergrüne Osterluzei or Immergrüne Pfeifenblume (German)

Geographical Habitats

• Albania
• Algeria
• Cyprus
• Greece
• lebanon
• Morocco
• Palestine
• Sicily
• Syria
• Turkey

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Slender-stemmed evergreen twiner to 6m. Leaves to 80mm x 50mm with an undulate or serrate margin. Axillary solitary 50mm yellow & purple flowers, u-shaped tube to 50mm long, purple with dark purple edge,hairy inside yellow with purple stripes. Balckish 80mm x 20mm seedpods.

Can become a weed

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• MNE