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Hexastylis harperi (Gaddy) B.R. Keener & L.J. Davenport. Common name: Harper's Heartleaf. Habitat: Bogs, acid hammocks. Distribution: C. GA, c. AL, and ne. MS, south and west of (and allopatric from) H. shuttleworthii; it approaches SC and should be sought there (Gaddy 1987b).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Keener & Davenport (2015) elevated it to specific rank in Hexastylis; Diamond (2016a) gave it specific rank in Asarum.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Keener & Davenport (2015); = Asarum harperi (Gaddy) Diamond — POWO; = Asarum shuttleworthii Britten & Baker f. var. harperi (Gaddy) Barringer — Barringer (1993), Sinn (2015); = Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small var. harperi Gaddy — FNA3, NS, Gaddy (1987a); < Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small — S. Basionym: Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small var. harperi Gaddy 1987

Links to other floras: = Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi - FNA3

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