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 rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis rhombiformis
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum contractum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Asarum rhombiformis
COMMON NAME:
French Broad Heartleaf, Carolina Heartleaf
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JK Marlow jkm070526_003
May Polk County NC
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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. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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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. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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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. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).