Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-003:
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hexastylis memmingeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Asarum virginicum
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Heartleaf, Virginia Ginger
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_heme7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hevi3_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_13
May Iredell County NC
Leaves mottled or unmottled, if mottled, the paler areas along the veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_40
May Iredell County NC
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_41
May Iredell County NC
Calyx lobes 2-4mm long, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_41b
May Iredell County NC
Calyx tube cylindrical to narrowly cylindro-urceolate, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-003:
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hexastylis memmingeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Asarum virginicum
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Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC
Look for it in upland forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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 cylindrical to narrowly cylindro-urceolate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p176
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p477
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p260
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p028
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p047
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p031