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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

Hexastylis harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Asarum harperi: A new combination for a Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) taxon (Diamond, 2016)

Asarum harperi

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

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi

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

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi

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

Asarum shuttleworthii var. harperi

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

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hexastylis shuttleworthii

 

COMMON NAME:
Harper's Heartleaf


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image of Hexastylis harperi, Harper's Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm150509_974

May    Dawson County    GA

Dawson Forest WMA

image of Hexastylis harperi, Harper's Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm150509_997

May    Dawson County    GA

Dawson Forest WMA

image of Hexastylis harperi, Harper's Heartleaf

Mike Strickland    mst050906a_hshuttleharp

May        

image of Hexastylis harperi, Harper's Heartleaf

Mike Strickland    mst050906b_hshuttleharp

May        

Calyx tube broadly urceolate-campanulate or rhombic-ovate/broadest near middle, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hexastylis harperi, Harper's Heartleaf

Mike Strickland    mst080305_hshuttleharp

August        

Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of their sides convex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hexastylis harperi, Harper's Heartleaf

Mike Strickland    mst110205_hshuttleharp

November        

If the leaves are mottled, the paler areas are along the veins, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Asarum harperi: A new combination for a Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) taxon (Diamond, 2016)
Asarum harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2952

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, acid hammocks, 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/Summer
Pale purplish/ Purplish-brown
3-merous
3-lobed urceolate-campanulate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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