Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family.

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida.

[4] Thornton, in his Family Herbal, describes the plant as having "an aromatic smell, and a hot, pungent, bitterish taste".

[6] The plant is also rare in Connecticut, where it is on that state's list of species of special concern.

[3] In the traditional medicine of the Cherokee Indians, the root of this herb was chewed and spat upon the wounds made by snake bites.