Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Aristolochiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Lvs mostly triangular in outline, 5–15(–20) cm long and about as wide, mostly broadest below the summit of the petiole, with comparatively wide and shallow sinuses, or varying even in the same colony to cordate-ovate; cal urceolate, the tube 1.2–2.8 cm, constricted above, the erect to spreading lobes 2–8 mm, about as wide at base as long; style-extension bifid to the stigma; 2n=26. Moist or dry woods; s. Va. to se. Ky., s. to n. Fla., Ala., and se. La. Apr., May. Var. arifolia, the s. and e. phase of the species, in our area restricted to se. Va., has ± spreading cal-lobes 3–8 mm long and wide. Var. ruthii (Ashe) H. L. Blomq., the nw. phase of the species, in our range restricted to sw. Va. and se. Ky., has erect or slightly spreading cal-lobes 2–5 mm long and wide.