Biology:Aristolochia baetica

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Short description: Species of vine

Aristolochia baetica
Aristoloquia (Aristolochia baetica) en Málaga.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Genus: Aristolochia
Species:
A. baetica
Binomial name
Aristolochia baetica

Aristolochia baetica, the Andalusian Dutchman's pipe or pipe vine, is a poisonous perennial vine that occurs in North Africa and the southern Iberian Peninsula, from Algeria to Portugal.[1][2][3]

Description

Aristolochia baetica is a rarely procumbent evergreen climber with triangular, cordate, glaucous lobes a quarter the size of the leaves.[2] Flowers vary from 2 to 5 centimetres and are from brownish-purple to reddish.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2049868 entry