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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

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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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of Tennessee p028
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p047
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p031?

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

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