General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Multi-Color: pale yellow-green/purplish tints
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Stratify seeds: for 3 months
Other info: Best surface sown as soon after it is ripe as possible
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Flies

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Common names
  • Virginia snakeroot
  • Virginia dutchmanspipe
  • Black Snakeroot
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Endodeca serpentaria
  • Synonym: Aristolochia serpentaria

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Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: April 21, 2012
Virginia Snakeroot
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: June 23, 2013
Virginia Snakeroot seed pods
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-08-24
Young seedlings
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-06-22
Mature plant
Comments:
  • Posted by LindaTX8 (Medina Co., TX - Zone 8a) on Apr 22, 2012 11:58 AM concerning plant:
    Some Aristolochia species, including this one, are host plants for the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly. This species of plant has become endangered in many areas in its original natural range in the wild and in at least one state in the U.S. where it was once common, it is no longer found at all.

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