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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hexastylis rhombiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA (Sinn, 2015)
Asarum rhombiformis
INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum contractum
SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis rhombiformis
COMMON NAME:
French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf
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JK Marlow jkm070526_003
May Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090510_016
May Greenville County SC
Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage
Calyx tube rhombic-ovate, 16-24mm long, 12-19mm in diameter, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm090510_017
May Greenville County SC
Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage
Leaves cordate to subreniform, 3-6cm long & wide, not variegated, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm090510_023
May Greenville County SC
Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage
Calyx lobes 3-6mm wide at base, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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Dan Whitten sdw_052521_hex
May NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hexastylis rhombiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA (Sinn, 2015)
Asarum rhombiformis
INCLUDED WITHIN
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum contractum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis rhombiformis
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In deciduous forests on sandy river bluffs or in ravines with Kalmia latifolia and Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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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 rhombic-ovate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p155
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p031