Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hexastylis naniflora
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis naniflora
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum contractum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-002:
Hexastylis naniflora
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Asarum rhombiformis
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf-flower Heartleaf
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JK Marlow jkm120211_021
February Spartanburg County SC
Leaves cordate to orbicular-cordate, variegated, 4-6cm long and wide, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm120407_734
April Spartanburg County SC
Calyx lobes 4-7mm long, 4-7mm wide at base, spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0043
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090627_048
June Mecklenburg County NC
Leaves typically variegated, the paler areas along the veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm131020_927
October Spartanburg County SC
Leaves rounded with cordate base; all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.