BioGator
University of Florida
Log In
New Account
Sitemap
Home
Search
Search Collections
Map Search
Images
Image Browser
Search Images
Checklists
UF Conservation Areas
UF Main Campus
Interactive Tools
Dynamic Checklist
Dynamic Key
Discover Campus Biodiversity
How to Use BioGator
Other Resources
UF Conservation Area Maps
About BioGator
The BioGator Team
Aristolochia pentandra
Jacq.
Family:
Aristolochiaceae
Marsh's Dutchman's-Pipe
Images
not available
FNA
Resources
Kerry Barringer in Flora of North America (vol. 3)
Lianas , twining, to 5 m, herbaceous. Young stem smooth, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1-3 cm. Leaf blade ovate to hastate, 3-lobed, 3-8 × 2-7 cm, base cordate to sagittate, sinus depth to 1 cm, apex acute or acuminate; surfaces glabrous; venation palmate. Inflorescences on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers; peduncle bracteolate, 1-1.5 cm; bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, to 15 mm. Flowers: calyx brown-purple, straight; utricle angled upward, ovoid, 0.5-5 × 0.5 cm; syrinx funnel-shaped, 2 mm; tube upright, cylindric, 1 × 0.25 cm; annulus absent; limb brownish red, 1-lobed, lobe narrowly cordate to narrowly ovate, 1-6 × 0.75 cm, glabrous; gynostemium 5-lobed, crown-shaped, 2-3 mm; anthers 5; ovary 5-locular, 1-1.5 cm. Capsule globose to ovoid, 1.5 × 1-3 cm, dehiscence basipetal; valves 5; septa entire, not attached to valves. Seeds flat, triangular, 0.5 × 0.5 cm. Flowering winter-early spring. Wet Caribbean-type lowlands; 0-50 m; Fla., Tex.
Click to Display
0 Total Images
This project made possible through support from the UF Planning, Design & Construction and the UF Office of Sustainability
Powered by
Symbiota
.