Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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JK Marlow jkm230420_2700
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230420_2701
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230420_2708
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm230420_2738
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230420_2743
April Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070526_003
May Polk County NC
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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).
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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).
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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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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
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 rhombic-ovate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p155
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p117
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p031
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