Hexastylis naniflora

H. L. Blomquist

Brittonia 8: 280. 1957.

Conservation concernEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Rhizomes: internodes short, leaves crowded at rhizome apex. Leaf blade variegate, cordate to orbiculate-cordate. Flowers: calyx tube cylindric to cylindric-campanulate, sometimes with prominent transverse ridge just above middle, 6-13 × 4-7 mm, inner surface longitudinally ridged with low reticulations between ridges, lobes spreading, 4-7 × 4-7 mm, adaxially puberulent; stamen connective not extending beyond pollen sacs; ovary 1/2-inferior; ovules 6 per locule; style notched at apex. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat: Acidic sandy loam on bluffs and in ravines in deciduous forests, often associated with Kalmia latifolia
Elevation: 500-700 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

The name Asarum naniflorum (H. L. Blomquist) Pfeifer has never been validly published.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Alan T. Whittemore +  and L.L. Gaddy +
H. L. Blomquist +
N.C. +  and S.C. +
500-700 m +
Acidic sandy loam on bluffs and in ravines in deciduous forests, often associated with Kalmia latifolia +
Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Jun). +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
Hexastylis naniflora +
Hexastylis +
species +