Scientific Name: Aristolochia macrophylla Lam.

Caption: Dutchman's Pipevine

Photographer: Anne McCormack

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccormacka/4812789232/

Locality: Kirkwood, Missouri, United States (38.569072, -90.421128)

Notes: Dutchman's Pipevine is the plant that Pipevine Swallowtail females seek out to deposit their eggs. The caterpillars will absorb some of the toxins from the vine to protect them from predators. See the butterfly in the note above left center.

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