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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Endodeca serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Endodeca from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isotrema serpentarium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Aristolochia serpentaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-002:
Aristolochia serpentaria FAMILY Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia convolvulacea
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia hastata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia serpentaria
COMMON NAME:
Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_065
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arse3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070506_067
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
Flowers similar to A. macrophylla but less than 1" long & with unequal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm070506_073
May Gaston County NC
Redlair Farms
Small pipe-shaped flowers on stalks from the lowest leaf nodes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0465
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
An erect herb up to 2' tall. Leaves elongate with heart-shaped bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_serpentaria_4b
May
Peduncle to 1.5 cm, bracteolate; bracteoles lanceolate, to 3 mm, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8886
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230604_3733
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230604_3734
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230604_3739
June Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_serpentaria_1
June
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JK Marlow jkm090717_077
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
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JK Marlow jkm170826_773
August Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Endodeca serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isotrema serpentarium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Aristolochia serpentaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-01-002:
Aristolochia serpentaria
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia convolvulacea
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia hastata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristolochia serpentaria
2217
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, perhaps more restricted to mesic situations over acidic substrate, ranging into drier situations over calcareous or mafic substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Maroon
Bilaterally symmetrical calyx
3-merous
Calyx tubular, limb with 3 short obtuse lobes
Petals absent, usually
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p473
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p046
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p030
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