OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hexastylis lewisii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis lewisii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hexastylis lewisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hexastylis lewisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Hexastylis lewisii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Hexastylis shuttleworthii

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

Hexastylis lewisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-008:

Hexastylis lewisii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Asarum lewisii

 

COMMON NAME:
Lewis's Heartleaf


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image of Hexastylis lewisii, Lewis's Heartleaf

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1342287306323174

May        VA

Leaves mottled or unmottled, if mottled, the paler areas along the veins, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis lewisii, Lewis's Heartleaf

Alan S. Weakley    asw_261837369790835

May        VA

image of Hexastylis lewisii, Lewis's Heartleaf

Alan S. Weakley    asw_757082995947463

May        VA

Leaves scattered along the length of the long-creeping rhizome, plants thus forming clonal mats, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis lewisii, Lewis's Heartleaf

Alan S. Weakley    asw_940225867095978

May        VA

Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis lewisii, Lewis's Heartleaf

Alan S. Weakley    asw_955600209200147

May        VA

image of Hexastylis lewisii, Lewis's Heartleaf

Alan S. Weakley    asw_982374942765232

May        VA

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hexastylis lewisii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis lewisii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hexastylis lewisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hexastylis lewisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis lewisii

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-008:
Hexastylis lewisii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum lewisii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2950

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Upland forests (pine or oak), pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring
Pale purplish/ Purplish-brown
3-merous
3-lobed urceolate-cylindrical calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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