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Aristolochia clematitis

Birthwort

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Common name

Birthwort.

Scientific name

Aristolochia clematitis L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Aristolochia clematitis is a perennial herbaceous plant. Flowers clustered in 2 or more in leaf axils¹.

Habitat

Dry herbaceous and ruderal habitats and as a weed in trench crops².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Throughout the country to 700 m altitude³.

General distribution

Map of general distribution⁴:

References

1 Асенов, Ив. 1966. В: Флора на Народна Република България, том ІV, Издателство на БАН, София.

2 Асенов, Ив. 1966.

3 Асенов, Ив. 1966.

4 Aristolochia clematitis L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.