Hexastylis shuttleworthii

(Britten & Baker f.) Small

Fl. S.E. U.S., 1131. 1903.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Asarum shuttleworthii Britten & Baker f. J. Bot. 36: 98. 1898
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Rhizomes: internodes short or long, leaves crowded at rhizome apex or scattered along its length. Leaf blade variegate or not, orbiculate to cordate; calyx tube broadly urceolate-campanulate, conspicuously tapered above middle, 15-40 × 15-25 mm, inner surface with well-developed reticulations, lobes spreading or ascending, 6-13 × 10-22 mm, adaxially puberulent; stamen connective extending beyond pollen sacs; ovary superior; ovules 10-14 per locule; styles notched at apex.

Distribution

Ala., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (both in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Internodes of rhizome short, leaves confined to terminal portion of rhizome. Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii
1 Internodes of rhizome long, leaves not confined to terminal portion of rhizome but scattered along its length. Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi