Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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Alan S. Weakley asw_1342287306323174
May VA
Leaves mottled or unmottled, if mottled, the paler areas along the veins, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_261837369790835
May VA
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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).
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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).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_955600209200147
May VA
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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
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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