Aristolochiaceae
Virginia snakeroot
Aristolochia serpentaria
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Genus
- Aristolochia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- زراوند ثعباني, ارسطلوخيا ثعبانية, لوف عطري
- Chinese
- 弗吉尼亚蛇根草, 弗吉尼亞蛇根草
- Czech
- Podražec užovník
- English
- Virginia snakeroot
- Galician
- Serpentaria
- Japanese
- ヴェージニア・スネークルート
- Portuguese
- Serpentária
Synonyms
- Aristolochia convolvulacea Small
- Aristolochia dodecandra Raf.
- Aristolochia hastata Nutt.
- Aristolochia nashii Kearney
- Aristolochia officinalis T.Nees
- Aristolochia officinalis T.Nees
- Aristolochia polyrrhizos Spreng.
- Aristolochia sagittata Muhl. ex Duch.
- Aristolochia serpentaria var. bartonii (Klotzsch) Duch.
- Aristolochia serpentaria var. hastata (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
- Aristolochia serpentaria var. hastata Duch.
- Aristolochia serpentaria var. laxa Duch.
- Aristolochia serpentaria var. nashii (Kearney) H.E.Ahles
- Aristolochia serpentaria var. serpentaria
- Endodeca bartonii Klotzsch
- Endodeca dodecandra Raf.
- Endodeca dodecandra Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Endodeca hastata (Nutt.) Raf.
- Endodeca polyrrhizos (Spreng.) Klotzsch
- Endodeca serpentaria (L.) Raf.
- Endodeca serpentaria var. hastata (Nutt.) C.F.Reed
- Isotrema serpentaria (L.) X.X.Zhu, S.Liao & J.S.Ma
- Pistolochia serpentaria (L.) Raf.
- Psophiza undulata Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.