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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rhexia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006a:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
COMMON NAME:
Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm060729_097b
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
A glandular-hairy, obscurely square stem, often freely branched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
stems of Rhexia species
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JK Marlow jkm120704_457
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Hypanthium cylindrical in anthesis, urceolate at maturity; neck ~ equals body, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150712_428
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9672
July Greenville County SC
Leaves 3-nerved, short-petioled, hairy, typically 1-2" long & 1/3 as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Bobbie L Holt blh1214_a
August Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
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JK Marlow jkm120804_227
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120804_244
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Keith Bradley kab_rhexia_mariana_73029
August Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
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JK Marlow s060819_c
August Oconee County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rhexia_mariana
September
Mature hypanthium 6-10mm long, glandular-hairy, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rhexia_mariana_3
September
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Steve Marlow snm097209_11
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Petals pale pink (to white); stamens 8, with prominent curved yellow anthers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006a:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
1214
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale pink
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p235
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p156
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p164
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p160?
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p70
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p354
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p181
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p055
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p155
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p191?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p107
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p304