Hexastylis minor
Brittonia 8: 275. 1957.
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Asarum minus Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 14: 33. 1897
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Rhizomes: internodes short, leaves crowded at rhizome apex. Leaf-blade variegate, cordate to subreniform. Flowers: calyx-tube cylindric to cylindric-campanulate, sometimes with prominent transverse ridge just below sinuses, 9-16 × 8-16 mm, inner surface longitudinally ridged with low reticulations between ridges, lobes spreading, 6-10 × 8-12 mm, adaxially puberulent; stamen connective not extending beyond pollen-sacs; ovary ca. 1/3-inferior; ovules 6 per locule; style notched at apex. 2n = 26.
Phenology: Flowering winter–spring (Feb–May).
Habitat: On slopes, bluffs, and flood plains of small streams, deciduous forests
Elevation: 100-500 m
Distribution
N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"broad" is not a number."connate" is not a number.
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extrorse +
absent +
fleshy +
triangular +
cylindric;cylindric-campanulate +
tubular +
enlarged +
irregular +
fleshy +
absent +
reduced +
fan--shaped +
copious +
bisexual +
petiolate +
absent +
absent +
triangular +
Present +
glabrous +
ridged +
glabrous +
cordate;subreniform +
leathery;membranous +
crowded +
valvate +
spreading +
puberulent +
broad +
anatropous +
absent +
vestigial +
4-6-carpellate +
Brittonia +
1957 +
transverse +
prominent +
not winged +
ovoid +
network +
weak;strong +
glabrous +
distinct +
aerial +
absent +
distinct +
notched +
differentiated +
Hexastylis minor +
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rudimentary +
differentiated +
rhizomatous +
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