Hexastylis shuttleworthii
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Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small
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Hexastylis shuttleworthii, commonly known as largeflower heartleaf, is a flowering plant in the pipevine family. This plant is a low growing, rhizomatous perennial that produces jug-shaped flowers in early summer. It is native to the Southeastern United States.
There are two named varieties:[1]
- Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi - Native to Georgia, Alabama, and northeast Mississippi. Found in bogs and acidic hammocks.
- Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii - Native to the southern Appalachians. Found in acidic soil along creeks, often in dark woods underneath Rhododendron maximum.
References
- ^ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500671 Hexastylis shuttleworthii in Flora of North America