Hexastylis chueyi (B.T. Sinn) Weakley & D.B. Poindexter. Common name: Chuey’s Heartleaf. Phenology: Mid Apr-early May. Habitat: Shaded slopes with exposed rock near streams and rivers, on acidic rocks. Distribution: Apparently endemic to the Blue Ridge / Piedmont escarpment of c. VA (Albemarle, Amherst, Nelson, and other nearby counties), where it is locally fairly common; and disjunct to Greene County, TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Sinn (2015) for additional, more detailed information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = NS, Weakley & Poindexter (2020a) in Weakley et al (2020); = Asarum chueyi Sinn — K4, POWO, Sinn (2015); = n/a — C, F, FNA3, G. Basionym: Asarum chueyi Sinn 2015
Links to other floras: = n/a - FNA3
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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