NameThatPlant.net: Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-001?:
Hexastylis arifolia FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hexastylis ruthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Asarum ruthii

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Little Brown Jug

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April Clay County NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Calyx lobes erect, 2-4mm long, 2-4mm wide at base, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-001?:
Hexastylis arifolia FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hexastylis ruthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Asarum ruthii

2066

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (rare in Piedmont) (rare in SC), endemic to Southern Appalachians

Look for it in upland forests, ultramafic outcrop barrens, calcaareous forests, per Weakley's Flora

map
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale purplish/ Purplish-brown
Bisexual
3-merous
3-lobed calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below the calyx lobes
Petals absent

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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