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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

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

Asarum shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

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

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-007:

Hexastylis shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hexastylis shuttleworthii

 

COMMON NAME:
Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger


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image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm080329_021

March    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Calyx tube 15-40mm long, lobes 10-22mm wide at base, spreading ascending, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm080329_024

March    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Leaves mottled - or not. If mottled, the paler portions along the veins, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_500

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

Internal ridged reticulation a regular open network, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_505

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

The very large flowers make this species readily identifiable, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_512

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm130420_588

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

Stamens adnate to the pistil and erect; 6 separate, erect styles, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160502_066

May    Macon County    NC

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160502_067

May    Macon County    NC

Leaves rounded, w cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160502_071

May    Macon County    NC

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm160516_774

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Large-flower Heartleaf, Wild Ginger

JK Marlow    jkm170923_p1350956

September    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-007:
Hexastylis shuttleworthii   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii

 

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679

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Acidic soils in deciduous and deciduous-coniferous forests, often along creeks under Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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 urceolate-campanulate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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