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Section Hexastylis
Hexastylis
Hexastylis or heartleaf is a segregate of the genus Asarum, in the family Aristolochiaceae. The group comprises ten species endemic to southeastern North America. It is a perennial, evergreen, herbaceous plant with leaves and flowers arising directly from the rhizomes. Hexastylis was once recognized at the level of genus, and in some floral treatments still is, yet it has been shown through morphological and molecular evidence that it is rooted within the genus Asarum.
16 branches of this group, most-observed first
Little Brown Jugs
speciesAsarum arifolium
little heartleaf
speciesAsarum minus
Virginia heartleaf
speciesAsarum virginicum
variable-leaf heartleaf
speciesAsarum heterophyllum
largeflower heartleaf
speciesAsarum shuttleworthii
Chuey's Wild Ginger
speciesAsarum chueyi
Sandhills Heartleaf
speciesAsarum sorriei
Dwarf-flower Heartleaf
speciesAsarum naniflorum
French Broad heartleaf
speciesAsarum rhombiformis
Mountain Heartleaf
speciesAsarum contractum
Variableleaf Heartleaf
speciesAsarum lewisii
Harper's Wild Ginger
speciesAsarum harperi
Alabama Heartleaf
speciesAsarum speciosum
Rose's heartleaf
speciesAsarum rosei
Finzel's Wild Ginger
speciesAsarum finzelii
Rollins’ Wild Ginger
speciesAsarum rollinsiae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Hexastylis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1452703.