Aristolochia californica

Identification

Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine and California Dutchman's Pipe.
The strange and beautiful flowers of Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine. - grid24_3
The Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor, larva eats, Aristolochia californica, Sierra Giant Pipe Vine.
Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine, is the larval food plant for the Pipevine Swallowtail. - grid24_3
Aristolochia califonica, can grow in full shade, with no water, under oaks. It even likes lots of oak leaf litter.
Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine, grows in the shade of, and climbs up trees, such as Quercus wislizenii, and Umbellularia californica, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. - grid24_3
The plant that ate my yard. Once it is happy in your yard, it goes nuts. Aristolochia californica, Sierra Giant Pipe Vine.
Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine climbing over dead branches - grid24_3
Aristolochia californica

Description

California Dutchman's Pipe or Pipe Vine is a deciduous vine with one inch purple striped pipe-shaped flowers. Pipe vine likes part-shade and regular water. This California native vine has become fairly drought tolerant with time and seems to grow ok with Salvia spathacea, hummingbird sage on north slopes or under live oaks. This grows in shade in the central Sierras in moist places and the associated plants are Tellima, Heuchera micrantha and Umbellularia californica. It will carpet the ground and grow into the trees if it is happy. In one of the Sierra spots the trunk' of the vine was the size of your arm and the vine extended at least fifty feet up into the tree. Thousands of flowers. Larva of Pipe-vine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) live on this plant.

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Characteristics

Aristolochia californica California Pipevine tolerates no drainage and seasonal flooding.
Aristolochia californica California Pipevine is great for a butterfly garden.
Aristolochia californica California Pipevine's foliage color is green and type is deciduous.
Aristolochia californica California Pipevine's flower color is violet.

Communities

Communities for Aristolochia californica California Pipevine:Chaparral, Mixed-evergreen Forest, Riparian (rivers & creeks) and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Aristolochia californica

ph: 5.00 to 7.00
usda: 8 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 15.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 15.00
rainfall[cm]: 70.00 to 550.00

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