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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 (6/30/18):
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum 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)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
COMMON NAME:
Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger
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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. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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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.
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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. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm130420_512
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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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. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm160502_066
May Macon County NC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm160502_071
May Macon County NC
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JK Marlow jkm160516_774
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm170923_p1350956
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges