Aristolochia wrightii

Seemann

Bot. Voy. Herald, 331. 1856.

Common names: Wright's Dutchman's-pipe
Synonyms: Aristolochia brevipes var. wrightii (Seemann) Duchartre
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Herbs, procumbent, to 0.4 m. Young stem slightly striate, velutinous with yellowish trichomes. Leaves: petiole 1-3 cm. Leaf-blade ovate to hastate, (0-) 3-lobed, 1-4 × 2-4 cm, base cordate to hastate, sinus 0.2-0.6 cm, apex obtuse to acute; surfaces velutinous with yellowish trichomes; venation palmate. Inflorescences on new growth, axillary, solitary flowers; peduncle bracteolate, 1-2 cm; bracteoles lanceolate, to 6 mm. Flowers: calyx brown-purple, straight; utricle angled upward, ovoid, to 0.7 × 0.4 cm; syrinx funnel-shaped, 2 mm; tube upright, cylindric, 1.5 × 0.3 cm; annulus absent; limb purplish, 1-lobed, lobe narrowly cordate to narrowly ovate, 1-6 × 0.9 cm, papillate; gynostemium 5-lobed, ovoid, 5-10 mm; anthers 5; ovary 5-locular, 1-2 cm. Capsule ± globose, 1.2 × 1-3 cm, dehiscence acropetal; valves 5; septa absent. Seeds flat, triangular, 0.4 × 0.5 cm.


Phenology: Flowering all year.
Habitat: Rocky slopes
Elevation: 500-2000 m

Distribution

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N.Mex., Tex., Mexico

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... more about "Aristolochia wrightii"
obtuse;acute +
Kerry Barringer +  and Alan T. Whittemore +
Seemann +
red +, green +, brown +  and purple +
cordate +  and hastate +
not fleshy +
lanceolate +
merous +  and petaloid +
straight +
tubular +
enlarged +
1cm +  and 3cm +
Wright's Dutchman's-pipe +
fan--shaped +
N.Mex. +, Tex. +  and Mexico +
500-2000 m +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
ovoid +  and 5-lobed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
Rocky slopes +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> +
- 0-3-lobed;ovate;hastate +
membranous;leathery +
petiolate +  and simple +
1-lobed +
papillate +
narrowly cordate +  and narrowly ovate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> - ? +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> +
Flowering all year. +
4-6-carpellate +
Bot. Voy. Herald, +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - ? +
triangular +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - ? +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> +
procumbent +  and twining +
velutinous +
6 +, 5 +  and 3 +
Aristolochia brevipes var. wrightii +
funnel--shaped +
Aristolochia wrightii +
Aristolochia +
species +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> - ? +
cylindric +
extended +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - ? +  and 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> - ? +
ovoid +  and angled +
0cm;0.4cm +
herb +  and procumbent +
8 +, 7 +  and 6 +