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Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small. Common name: Large-flower Heartleaf. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Acidic soils in deciduous and deciduous-coniferous forests, often along creeks under Rhododendron maximum. Distribution: Endemic to the Southern Appalachians: W. NC and e. TN to nw. SC, n. GA, and ne. AL; previous reports of H. shuttleworthii for VA and WV are apparently based on large-flowered individuals of H. heterophylla (J. Townsend, pers. comm. 2008).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = K4, Keener & Davenport (2015); = Asarum shuttleworthii Britten & Baker f. — POWO; = Asarum shuttleworthii Britten & Baker f. var. shuttleworthii — Barringer (1993), Sinn (2015); = Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small var. shuttleworthii — FNA3, NS, Gaddy (1987a); < Asarum shuttleworthii Britten & Baker f. — F; < Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small — C, G, RAB, S, Tn, W, Blomquist (1957)

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

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily : 2

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image of plant© Jim Fowler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Big Creek Gorge, Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Hexastylis shuttleworthii, Jacks River Trail, Cohutta Wilderness, Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Low-growing stemless, rhizomatous perennial found on acidic soils in deciduous and deciduous-coniferous forests, often along creeks under Rhododendron maximum.

Stems:

Leaves: Leaves on long petioles arising from the rhizome, heart-shaped, to 4 in. long, usually with lighter green along veins, firm and evergreen-glossy and releasing a spicy smell when torn.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers arise from the rhizome on such short stalks that they are often hidden beneath leaf litter. They are solid maroon-brown on the outside, mottled maroon-brown inside, fleshy-firm, notably large for Hexastylis species (to 1½ in. long) and tubular and cup-shaped with 3 spreading, widely triangular lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a round, fleshy capsule.

Comments: A southern Appalachian endemic.

Height: 4-8 in.

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description: Low-growing stemless, rhizomatous perennial found on acidic soils in deciduous and deciduous-coniferous forests, often along creeks under Rhododendron maximum.

stems:

leaves: Leaves on long petioles arising from the rhizome, heart-shaped, to 4 in. long, usually with lighter green along veins, firm and evergreen-glossy and releasing a spicy smell when torn.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers arise from the rhizome on such short stalks that they are often hidden beneath leaf litter. They are solid maroon-brown on the outside, mottled maroon-brown inside, fleshy-firm, notably large for Hexastylis species (to 1½ in. long) and tubular and cup-shaped with 3 spreading, widely triangular lobes.

fruits: Fruit a round, fleshy capsule.

comments: A southern Appalachian endemic.

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native range: southeastern United States

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