OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Endodeca serpentaria   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_065

        

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arse3_001_lvd

        

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

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).

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

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).

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

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).

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

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.

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8886

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

JK Marlow    jkm230604_3733

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

JK Marlow    jkm230604_3734

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

JK Marlow    jkm230604_3739

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_serpentaria_1

June        

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

JK Marlow    jkm090717_077

July    Georgetown County    SC

Hobcaw Barony

image of Endodeca serpentaria, Turpentine-root, Virginia Snakeroot, Serpent Birthwort

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

 

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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

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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

 

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