OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis rhombiformis   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis rhombiformis   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA (Sinn, 2015)

Asarum rhombiformis

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

Hexastylis rhombiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)

Asarum contractum

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

Hexastylis rhombiformis

 

COMMON NAME:
French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf


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image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2700

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2701

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2708

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2712

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

Calyx lobes 3-6mm wide at base, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2738

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2743

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm070526_003

May    Polk County    NC

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm090510_016

May    Greenville County    SC

Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage

Calyx tube rhombic-ovate, 16-24mm long, 12-19mm in diameter, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm090510_017

May    Greenville County    SC

Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage

Leaves cordate to subreniform, 3-6cm long & wide, not variegated, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

Dan Whitten    sdw_052521_hex

May        NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis rhombiformis   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis rhombiformis   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA (Sinn, 2015)
Asarum rhombiformis

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

INCLUDED WITHIN New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum contractum

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

 

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678

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: In deciduous forests on sandy river bluffs or in ravines with Kalmia latifolia and Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

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 rhombic-ovate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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