Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
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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.
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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).
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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).