ARISTOLOCHIACEAE - - Birthwort Family

Hexastylis shuttleworthii (Britten & Baker f.) Small — Shuttleworth's Ginger

Habitat:

Acidic soils in deciduous and deciduous-coniferous forests, often along creeks under Rhododendron maximum. Endemic to the Southern Appalachians.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].