Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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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 shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
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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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).
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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 (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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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 (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
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 north of Mexico, vol. 3
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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale purplish/ Purplish-brown
3-merous
3-lobed urceolate-campanulate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p176
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p110
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p138
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p159
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p117
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p161-162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p476
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p002
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p260
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p062
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p045
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p029
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p048
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p387
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p031
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