Accepted name: Hexastylis arifolia (Ashe) H.L.Blomq.
Asarum arifolium var. ruthii (Ashe) Barringer belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Aristolochiaceae
Genus
Asarum
Specific Epithet
arifolium
Infraspecific Epithet
ruthii
Authorship
(Ashe) Barringer
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
USA, North Carolina, Clay
35.084167, -83.616667
Location Remarks
West of the city of Franklin and E of the town of Shooting Creek; 2.25 km (1.4 miles) N of U.S. route 64 on Buck Creek Road; W side of Buck Creek. 943 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki