Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis callifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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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
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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