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

North America.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (both in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi, Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii

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