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 contracta   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-004:
Hexastylis contracta   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Asarum contractum

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Heartleaf

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Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_contracta_04

May    Henderson County    NC

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

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_contracta_11

May    Henderson County    NC

Calyx tube rhombic-ovate (broadest near middle); lobes 3-8mm wide at base, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_contracta_18

May    Henderson County    NC

Internal ridged reticulation an open network raised < 1mm or absent, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Hexastylis contracta   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis contracta   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-004:
Hexastylis contracta   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Asarum contractum