Crazy Wonderful Pipevine

Here is the botanical name of Watson’s pipevine: Aristolochia watsonii. I thought you might want to see it in print. The family name is Aristolochiaceae. That’s a marvelous mouthful of botanical Latin and it’s hard to not sing it. I meant to mention that the leaves of this pipevine can be green, as well as maroon, especially if it’s in some shade. Pipevine swallowtail caterpillars don’t seen to mind. They hatch on pipevine leaves and munch and munch and gobble and gobble and get bigger and bigger until it’s time to pupate. Coming soon, a butterfly! The photo with the leaves…