Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Rhizomes: internodes short, leaves crowded at rhizome apex. Leaf blade cordate, 6-10 × 5-9 cm. 2n = 26.

Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer (May–Jul).
Habitat: Acidic soils, often along creeks beneath Rhododendron maximum, deciduous or mixed deciduous-conifer forests
Elevation: 400-1300 m

Distribution

• Generated Map
• Legacy Map

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

Discussion

H. L. Blomquist (1957) reported Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii from Morgantown in northern West Virginia; we have not seen this specimen.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.