Hexastylis shuttleworthii
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 |
"scattered" is not a number."broad" is not a number."connate" is not a number.
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extrorse +
absent +
fleshy +
triangular +
puberulent +
tapered;urceolate-campanulate +
tubular +
enlarged +
irregular +
fleshy +
absent +
reduced +
fan--shaped +
copious +
bisexual +
petiolate +
absent +
absent +
triangular +
middle +
middle +
glabrous +
glabrous +
orbiculate;cordate +
leathery;membranous +
crowded +
valvate +
broad +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
vestigial +
4-6-carpellate +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
1903 +
not winged +
ovoid +
network +
weak;strong +
glabrous +
distinct +
aerial +
absent +
distinct +
notched +
differentiated +
Hexastylis shuttleworthii +
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species +
rudimentary +
differentiated +
rhizomatous +
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