Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-007:
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum lewisii
COMMON NAME:
Lewis's Heartleaf
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-007:
Hexastylis lewisii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum lewisii
2950
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Habitat: Upland forests (pine or oak), pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems). Leaves alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale purplish/ Purplish-brown
Bisexual
3-merous
3-lobed urceolate-cylindrical calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
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