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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis ruthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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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 arifolia var. ruthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-001?:
Hexastylis arifolia FAMILY Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis ruthii
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Little Brown Jug
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April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Calyx lobes erect, 2-4mm long, 2-4mm wide at base, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexastylis ruthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New combinations in North American Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) (Barringer, 1993)
Asarum arifolium var. ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-001?:
Hexastylis arifolia
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Asarum ruthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis ruthii
2066
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland acidic forests, ultramafic outcrop barrens, calcareous forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont) (rare in SC)
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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
3-merous
3-lobed calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below the calyx lobes
Petals absent
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p028
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p047
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p031?
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