Aristolochia littoralis Parodi

Common Name: Calico Flower
Family: Aristolochiaceae Juss.
Synonym(s): Aristolochia elegans M.T. Mast.]

Description: Slender woody climber; leaves triangular-reniform, to 3 inches long; flowers solitary, calyx tube inflated, to 1.5 inches long, yellow-green, limb nearly orbicular, entire, to 3 inches across, white veined with purple outside, rich purple-brown marked with white inside.
Botanical Description available on pg 160 of Revision of the North and Central American Hexandrous Species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), Howard W. Pfeifer, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 53, No. 2. (1966), pp. 115-196.

Accession # 198800141
Source: RHS
Accession Date: 12-31-1988
Bench: 1320 - NEOA: West Bench SS
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-24-2025

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
Pfeifer, Howard W., Revision of the North and Central American Hexandrous Species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 53, No. 2. (1966), pp. 115-196.
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, November 10, 2017.
Aristolochia littoralis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, November 10, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:42:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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