English: California pipevine; California Dutchman's-pipe.
Region: California.
Habitat: moist woods, along streams; usually below 500 m.
Ecology: host to pipevine swallowtail butterfly.
BotanyDeciduous vine.
Root: rhizomes.
Stem: 6 m long; quite thick in circumference at maturity; spread out over open ground or sprawl over other plants.
Leaves: green heart-shaped; new after blooming.
Flowers: purple-striped, curving pipe-shaped; flower profusely; unpleasant odor, attracting tiny carrion-feeding insects.
Pollination: by deceit; by flies, fungus gnats, Mycetophilidae.
Fruit: winged capsule; green.