Hexastylis arifolia (Michaux) Small. Common name: Little Brown Jug, Arrowleaf Heartleaf, Pigs. Phenology: (Late Feb) Mar-May. Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to mesic forests. Distribution: Se. Virginia, sw. Virginia, se. Kentucky, se. Tennessee, and n. Alabama south to se. Georgia (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009), Panhandle Florida, s. Mississippi, and se. Louisiana, primarily on the Coastal Plain and Piedmont; recently reported for far sw. Tennessee, in the Mississippi Embayment of the Coastal Plain (Trently 2017).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = G, S; = Asarum arifolium Michx. — F; = Asarum arifolium Michx. var. arifolium — POWO, Gaddy (1986) et al. (1987); = Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small var. arifolia — C, FNA3, K1, K4, NS, Tn, Va, W, Blomquist (1957), Gaddy (1987a); < Asarum arifolium Michx. — Fl2, WH3; < Hexastylis arifolia (Michx.) Small — RAB. Basionym: Asarum arifolium Michx. 1803