OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis speciosa   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

Hexastylis speciosa

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

Hexastylis speciosa

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

Hexastylis speciosa

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

Asarum speciosum

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

Hexastylis speciosa

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

Hexastylis speciosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Alabama Heartleaf, Alabama Ginger


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image of Hexastylis speciosa, Alabama Heartleaf, Alabama Ginger

Alan Cressler    alc_40766179993_c

April    Autauga County    AL

Inside of calyx with numerous well-defined yellow & maroon stripes oriented toward flower center, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis speciosa, Alabama Heartleaf, Alabama Ginger

Alan Cressler    alc_47679636082_c

April    Autauga County    AL

Flower orifice usually facing laterally to ascending related to the plane of the substrate, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis speciosa, Alabama Heartleaf, Alabama Ginger

Alan Cressler    alc_49831973181_c

April    Autauga County    AL

Pedicels lax, causing flowers to rest on substrate or on top of other flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis speciosa, Alabama Heartleaf, Alabama Ginger

Alan Cressler    alc_6920589124_c

April    Autauga County    AL

Portions of larger leaves' sides straight or concave; leaves mottled, paler areas between veins, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hexastylis speciosa, Alabama Heartleaf, Alabama Ginger

Alan Cressler    alc_7066673093_c

April    Autauga County    AL

Lower portion of the calyx narrowly cuplike, abruptly expanded into a much broader upper half, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis speciosa   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis speciosa

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4786

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shaded forests along streams and bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Alabama

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 abruptly contracted near the middle, the lower portion narrowly cuplike, abruptly expanded into a much broader upper half
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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