Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis callifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. callifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis callifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Asarum callifolium
COMMON NAME:
Gulf Little Brown Jug
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis callifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. callifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis callifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Asarum callifolium
2951
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale purplish/ Purplish-brown
Bisexual
3-merous
3-lobed calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below the calyx lobes
Petals absent
12 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
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