Aristolochia elegans
Common name
Birthwort, Dutchmans pipe
Family
Aristolochiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Known only from the Symonds Street campus grounds of the University of Auckland where it is sparingly naturalised along the base of the old barrack walls and in similar places between internal road asphalt and building bases. Persistent and difficult to eradicate.
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Year naturalised
2006
Etymology
elegans: Elegant
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
Life Cycle Comments
Large, rampant perennial vine
Reproduction
By seed - self pollinating
Dispersal
Wind dispersed
Tolerances
Cold sensitive