Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii
EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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
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.
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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 +
Acidic soils, often along creeks beneath Rhododendron maximum, deciduous or mixed deciduous-conifer forests +
Present +
middle +
middle +
glabrous +
glabrous +
cordate +
leathery;membranous +
5cm;9cm +
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 var. shuttleworthii +
Hexastylis shuttleworthii +
variety +
rudimentary +
differentiated +
rhizomatous +
aromatic +