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Aristolochiaceae

Florida dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia maxima Jacq.

Family
Aristolochiaceae
Genus
Aristolochia

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Florida dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia maxima)
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Pineda Vera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
佛罗里达马兜铃, 佛羅里逹馬兜鈴
English
Florida dutchman's pipe, Canastilla

Synonyms

  • Aristolochia biflora Willd. ex Duch.
  • Aristolochia dammeriana Mast.
  • Aristolochia geminiflora Kunth
  • Aristolochia maxima var. angustifolia Duch.
  • Aristolochia maxima var. geminiflora (Kunth) Duch.
  • Aristolochia maxima var. maxima
  • Aristolochia mexicana D.Dietr.
  • Aristolochia oblongifolia Brandegee
  • Aristolochia reticulata Holton ex Duch.
  • Aristolochia wageneriana Schltdl.
  • Howardia geminiflora (Kunth) Klotzsch
  • Howardia gollmeri Klotzsch
  • Howardia golmeri Klotzsch
  • Howardia hoffmannii Klotzsch
  • Howardia maxima (Jacq.) Klotzsch

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.