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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis callifolia   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)

Asarum arifolium var. callifolium

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

Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hexastylis callifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Asarum callifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Gulf Little Brown Jug


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis callifolia   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis arifolia var. callifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. callifolium

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis callifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Asarum callifolium

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2951

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

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 calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below the calyx lobes
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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