PLANTS Profile for Hexastylis contracta (mountain heartleaf)

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Hexastylis contracta Blomquist
mountain heartleaf

Symbol:

HECO19

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aristolochiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Images:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist

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Synonyms:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist

ASCO55

Asarum contractum (Blomquist) Barringer

Distribution:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (KY, NC, TN)

Related Taxa:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist

View 3 genera in Aristolochiaceae, 10 species in Hexastylis

Classification:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Aristolochiales
Family	Aristolochiaceae – Birthwort family
Genus	Hexastylis Raf. – heartleaf
Species	Hexastylis contracta Blomquist – mountain heartleaf

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
southern heartleaf		Endangered
North Carolina:
mountain heartleaf		Endangered
Tennessee:
southern heartleaf		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Hexastylis contracta Blomquist

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502984.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 03:58 AM MDT