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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
Go to FSUS key
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 Flora of North America
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006a:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana FAMILY Melastomataceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia delicatula
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia mariana
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 (Carman, 2005).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9185
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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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 (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006a:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia delicatula
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia mariana
1214
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale pink
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p235
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p156
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p164
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p124
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p361
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p372
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p401
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p160?
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p70
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p295
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p354
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p181
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p055
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p259
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p155
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p191?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p107
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p304
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