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Aristolochiaceae > Hexastylis (heartleaf) | |
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Littlebrownjug, Arrowleaf Heartleaf (Hexastylis arifolia) Bladen Co., NC 25 Mar 2007 Statewide and common in North Carolina in various forested habitats. |
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Littlebrownjug, Arrowleaf Heartleaf (Hexastylis arifolia) Bladen Co., NC 25 Mar 2007 Flowers resemble little brown jugs and are usually hidden under leaf litter. Note that the flowers do not open widely in this species. |
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Littlebrownjug, Arrowleaf Heartleaf (Hexastylis arifolia) Durham Co., NC 7 Apr 2007 Here's a cutaway of the calyx tube showing the stamens inside. |
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Littlebrownjug, Arrowleaf Heartleaf (Hexastylis arifolia) Bladen Co., NC 25 Mar 2007 Note pale areas between the veins, not along the veins. |
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Littlebrownjug, Arrowleaf Heartleaf (Hexastylis arifolia) Durham Co., NC 7 Apr 2007 |
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Lewis's Heartleaf (Hexastylis lewisii) Durham Co., NC 11 Mar 2007 Endemic to and rare in the Virginia & North Carolina piedmont and the NC coastal plain. Lewis's Heartleaf grows in forests and pocosins. |
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Lewis's Heartleaf (Hexastylis lewisii) Durham Co., NC 11 Mar 2007 |
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Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Weymouth Woods State Park, Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 Common in forested habitats in the eastern 2/3 of North Carolina. |
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Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Weymouth Woods State Park, Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 |
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Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Weymouth Woods State Park, Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 |
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Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Weymouth Woods State Park, Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 |
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Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Weymouth Woods State Park, Moore Co., NC 14 Mar 2007 |
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probably Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Fews Ford Division of Eno River State Park, Orange Co., NC 22 March 2009 |
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probably Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Fews Ford Division of Eno River State Park, Orange Co., NC 22 March 2009 |
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probably Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Fews Ford Division of Eno River State Park, Orange Co., NC 22 March 2009 |
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probably Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Fews Ford Division of Eno River State Park, Orange Co., NC 22 March 2009 |
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probably Little Heartleaf (Hexastylis minor) Fews Ford Division of Eno River State Park, Orange Co., NC 22 March 2009 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Nov 19, 2006 | jspippen@duke.edu