Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Hexastylis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis virginica   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-003:
Hexastylis virginica   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
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

        

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hevi3_001_lvd

        

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.

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.

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).

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).

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-003:
Hexastylis virginica   FAMILY Aristolochiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis memmingeri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Linnaeus
Asarum virginicum