Hexastylis naniflora
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.
"broad" is not a number."connate" is not a number.
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extrorse +
absent +
fleshy +
triangular +
cylindric;cylindric-campanulate +
tubular +
enlarged +
irregular +
fleshy +
absent +
reduced +
fan--shaped +
copious +
bisexual +
petiolate +
absent +
absent +
triangular +
Acidic sandy loam on bluffs and in ravines in deciduous forests, often associated with Kalmia latifolia +
glabrous +
ridged +
glabrous +
cordate;orbiculate-cordate +
leathery;membranous +
crowded +
valvate +
spreading +
puberulent +
broad +
anatropous +
absent +
vestigial +
4-6-carpellate +
Brittonia +
1957 +
transverse +
prominent +
not winged +
ovoid +
network +
weak;strong +
glabrous +
distinct +
aerial +
absent +
distinct +
notched +
differentiated +
Hexastylis naniflora +
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species +
rudimentary +
differentiated +
rhizomatous +
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