Pipevine

Photo by Marty Horowitz 3/30/2016

The flower of the Pipevine (Aristolochia watsonii) plant is unusual. It doesn't look so much like a flower as it does a strange funnel. Or maybe a bug's ear.

Photo by Ned Harris 4/8/2016

We didn't find any flowers, but we think these two faint reddish dots are eggs of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly. See this post for more on their life cycle.

And the whole story here from our favorite bug lady, Margarethe Brummermann.