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Aristolochia rotunda
Also called Round Leaved Birthwort, Smear Wort, Birthwort
Smearwort is a small herbaceous perennial from southern Europe that grows from a large tuber and produces unusual yellowish-green, foul-smelling flowers in spring. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden or houseplant, so the key is to give it a dry, sunny, well-drained spot that suits its Mediterranean origin.
Aristolochia rotunda, commonly known as smearwort or round-leaved birthwort, is a herbaceous perennial tuberous plant native to Southern Europe.
This plant is common in Mediterranean countries from Spain east to European Turkey. It is naturalised very locally in southern England.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aristolochia rotunda by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
