Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis arifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. arifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-001:
Hexastylis arifolia FAMILY Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum arifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis arifolia
COMMON NAME:
Little Brown Jug, Arrowhead Heartleaf, Arrowleaf Heartleaf, Pigs
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Steve Marlow snm079801_36
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0303l_22
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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JK Marlow jkm070407_052
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070407_054
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves mottled - the paler areas *between* the veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm080430_011
April Pickens County SC
Calyx tube may be ovoid with short erect lobes, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm080430_013
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080430_018
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080430_026
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080430_032
April Pickens County SC
Calyx tube may be urceolate-campanulate with spreading lobes, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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JK Marlow jkm080430_037
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080430_038
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090425_046
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below calyx lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090426_011
April Pickens County SC
Portions of larger leaves' sides straight or concave; leaves mottled, paler areas between veins, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Keith Bradley kab_h_arifolia_2629
April Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0349
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Tim Spira tpsharifolia4
May
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3306
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaf triangular, ovate-sagittate or subhastate, basal lobes ~1/3 leaf length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s071018_cd
October Anderson County SC
Clemson Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis arifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. arifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-001:
Hexastylis arifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum arifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis arifolia
674
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p175
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p225
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p110
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p138
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p054
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p187
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p233
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p475
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p136
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p002
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p260
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p043
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p386
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p031
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p152
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