Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hexastylis harperi
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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May Dawson County GA
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May
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May
Calyx tube broadly urceolate-campanulate or rhombic-ovate/broadest near middle, per Weakley's Flora.
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August
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of their sides convex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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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
2952
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, acid hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p062?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p045
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