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Hexastylis species 1. Common name: Buck Creek Heartleaf. Phenology: May. Habitat: Serpentine barrens. Distribution: Endemic to the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren, Clay County, NC.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: At the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren (Clay County, NC) a plant resembling Hexastylis ruthii carpets several hundred hectares, in association with Packera serpenticola, Thalictrum macrostylum, Sporobolus heterolepis, and Symphyotrichum rhiannon; various morphological differences of this population, especially the rhizomatous habit and the prominent style extensions, suggest that it may represent an additional undescribed taxon.

Synonymy ⓘ: = NSProv; = n/a — POWO; < Asarum arifolium Michx. var. ruthii (Ashe) Barringer — Barringer (1993); < Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small — RAB; < Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small var. ruthii (Ashe) Blomq. — FNA3, K4, Blomquist (1957), Gaddy (1987a); < Hexastylis ruthii (Ashe) Small — S.

Links to other floras: < Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image of plant© Aster Ayer, Clay co NC | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aster Ayer, Clay co NC | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aster Ayer, Clay co NC | Original Image ⭷

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