Hexastylis lewisii (Fern.) Blomquist & Oosting
Detail
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Hexastylis lewisii (Fern.) Blomquist & Oosting
- Common Name
- Lewis's Heartleaf
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Hexastylis lewisii (Fern.) Blomquist & Oosting
- Comments
- The scattered leaves on sterile rhizomes and the pilose inner surfaces of the calyx lobes are characteristic features of this species, which is a narrow endemic of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of southern Virginia and North Carolina.
- Habitat
- In a notable diversity of both specialized and ordinary habitats, including seepage swamp hummocks, well-drained floodplain forests, hardpan forests, dry-rich oak-hickory forests, oak/heath forests, and sandhill woodlands. Infrequent in the southern and central Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain, but may be abundant where found.
- Native Status
- Native
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