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Aristolochia socorroensis

Aristolochia socorroensis is a small trailing perennial pipevine native only to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo group, growing in thickets and coastal bluffs. It is rarely cultivated, so growing it means mimicking a warm, dry, seasonally tropical island habitat.

Family
Aristolochiaceae (Aristolochi family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Revillagigedo Is. (I. Socorro)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Aristolochia socorroensis is an island endemic species from the Mexican Socorro Island, one of the Pacific Revillagigedo Islands. It is a species of pipevine in the birthwort family.

Where it grows

This species is endemic to Socorro Island in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Mexico. They have been observed at elevations from 14 to 800 meters on the island.

Other Aristolochia plants

Indian birthwort · Aristolochia amara · Aristolochia argentina · Cairns Birdwing Butterfly Plant · Andalusian Dutchman's Pipe · Aristolochia boosii · Aristolochia bracteolata · Aristolochia cauliflora · Aristolochia ceropegioides · Aristolochia chalmersii · Aristolochia chilensis · Birthwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aristolochia socorroensis 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.

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