This plant has been coming up in a shady spot of my flowerbed for the past 4-5 years, getting slightly bigger each year. My memory is horrible but I think I got this at a Roundup, thinking it was a Dutchman's Pipe. But it doesn't act like a vine so I'm perplexed. Does anyone recognize it?
Carla in Rowlett
I think what you have is Aristolochia serpentaria. A type of Pipevine, check the picture and look at the zigzag stem.
http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=27369
Thanks Josephine, that is what it looks like (Virginia Snakeroot). It grows really slowly, but every year it looks better. So I will continue to leave it be and hope it one day becomes a butterfly magnet. :-)
Carla
Good idea Carla.
