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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)

Asarum shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-007:

Hexastylis shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hexastylis shuttleworthii

 

COMMON NAME:
Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger


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image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm080329_021

March    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Calyx tube 15-40mm long, lobes 10-22mm wide at base, spreading ascending, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm080329_024

March    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Leaves mottled - or not. If mottled, the paler portions along the veins, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_500

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

Internal ridged reticulation a regular open network, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_505

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

The very large flowers make this species readily identifiable, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_512

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_588

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

Stamens adnate to the pistil and erect; 6 separate, erect styles, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160502_066

May    Macon County    NC

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160502_067

May    Macon County    NC

Leaves rounded, w cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160502_071

May    Macon County    NC

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160516_774

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm170923_p1350956

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-007:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii

 

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679

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Acidic soils in deciduous and deciduous-coniferous forests, often along creeks under Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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 urceolate-campanulate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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