Hexastylis arifolia
| Hexastylis arifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Genus: | Hexastylis |
| Species: | H. arifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small 1903 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Asarum arifolium Michx. 1803 | |
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Hexastylis arifolia, or the little brown jug is a perennial wildflower in the family Aristolochiaceae found in the southeastern United States, from Louisiana to Virginia, inland as far as Kentucky.[2] It is considered a threatened species in Florida.
Hexastylis arifolia
Hexastylis arifolia flower, cut to reveal the internal structures.
Hexastylis arifolia is an evergreen, perennial herb with no above-ground stems, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are hairless, of two sorts. Small, scale-like leaves adhere to the underground rhizomes, while larger green, heart-shaped leaves emerge above ground. Flowers are formed one at a time, on the ends of the rhizomes.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Hexastylis arifolia (Michaux) Small, 1903.
- ↑ Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 47, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel 1901. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada 348
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