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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

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


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis rhombiformis   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hexastylis rhombiformis

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

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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image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm070526_003

May    Polk County    NC

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

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).

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

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).

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

JK Marlow    jkm090510_023

May    Greenville County    SC

Palmetto Trail: Poinsett Passage

Calyx lobes 3-6mm wide at base, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).

image of Hexastylis rhombiformis, French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf

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 Flora of North America
Hexastylis rhombiformis

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

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

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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
Bisexual
3-merous
3-lobed rhombic-ovate calyx tube
Petals absent
12 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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