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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rhexia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
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
COMMON NAME:
Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty
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JK Marlow jkm060729_097b
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock
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.