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Aristolochia contorta
Also called Northern Pipevine
Northern Dutchman's Pipe is a twining, climbing perennial with stout rhizomes, native to mountain edges and forest margins in Korea, Japan and eastern China. It grows best in well-drained soil, in sun or partial shade, with a climbing support.
Aristolochia contorta, commonly known as northern pipevine, also known as birthwort, is a climbing perennial shrub.
Grows best planted in pots and gardens, and planted on slopes with well-drained soil. The plants must be watered two to three days apart.
Aristolochia contorta is a perennial herbaceous plant with stout elongated rhizomes that grows on the edges of the mountains, fields or forests in Korea, Japan, and eastern China. It is rarely found in open fields along the edge of the forests. It grows well in sunny places or slightly or fully shaded places with well-drained soil, and grows up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
