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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Aristolochia tomentosa
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ARISTOLOCHIALES
 FAMILY:   ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Aristolochia tomentosa
 AUTHORITY:  Sims
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    DUTCHMAN'S PIPE
    PIPE-VINE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ARTO3
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Western Forest Prairie
        Carlinville
     Wabash Border
        Bottomlands
     Ozark
        Northern
     Lower Miss. R. Bottomlands
        Northern
     Coastal Plain
        Bottomlands
 
 COUNTIES:
   JACKSON         MACOUPIN        MADISON         MASSAC          MONROE
   POPE            ST. CLAIR       WABASH          WHITE
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Palmate
    LEAF SHAPE:       Cordate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Solitary- few
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Violet   Others
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Liana
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Medium
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   Medium
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., and D. M. Ladd.  1978.  Distribution of Illinois vascular
     plants.  Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 282 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Pfeifer, H. W.  1966.  Revision of the North and Central American hexandrous
          species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae).  Annals of the Missouri
          Botanical Garden 53: 115-196.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Aristolochia tomentosa
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015