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 virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 062-03-003:
Hexastylis virginica
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hexastylis memmingeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Asarum virginicum
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Heartleaf, Virginia Ginger
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_heme7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hevi3_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_13
May Iredell County NC
Leaves mottled or unmottled, if mottled, the paler areas along the veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_40
May Iredell 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_virginica_41
May Iredell County NC
Calyx lobes 2-4mm long, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_virginica_41b
May Iredell County NC
Calyx tube cylindrical to narrowly cylindro-urceolate, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).