Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine shirt

Aristolochia californica, California Pipevine shirtAristolochia californica Extremely showy deciduous vine with striking magenta and olive green flowers January through April, resembling meerschaum pipes. It is the obligate host plant of the California pipevine swallowtail butterfly. It likes to clamber through shrubs and trees in evergreen mixed woodlands, or grow in thickets by rivers and creeks, (like Cache Creek in Yolo County), where the extra moisture in the soil allows it to grow in full sun.

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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

and the blade can be replaced

Remove the bulbs when they are going to seed and either hold in a cool

or grow in thickets by rivers and creeks

Recommended For: Breaking soil

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She lives in northern California

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Includes a copy of Bay Nature Magazine's special edition called "Gardening for Wildlife with Native Plants

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