Aristolochia tomentosa
species of plant

Aristolochia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Aristolochiaceae.
Its native range includes the southeastern and South Central United States. The common name for the plant is woolly Dutchman's-pipe because the flower superficially resembles a Dutch smoking pipe.
References
C. Neinhuis, S. Wanke1, K. W. Hilu, K. Müller and T. Borsch, (2004). Phylogeny of Aristolochiaceae based on parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian analyses of trnL-trnF sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution, Volume 250, Numbers 1-2. pp. 7–26.
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