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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
GREATER THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 136-01-007:
Rhexia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Rhexia virginica var. purshii
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Meadowbeauty, Wingstem Meadowbeauty, Deergrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhvi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rhvi_006_lvd
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Bobbie L Holt blh1215_a
August Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
The 4 petals rose-purple, glandular-hirsute marginally beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_844b
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The fruit is urn-shaped with a neck that is shorter than the body, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0509b_15
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060903_031
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060903_031b
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Magenta to deep-rose petals & 8 stamens w long curved, bright yellow anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm060903_035
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves sparsely hirsute, ciliate-serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060903_035b
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stem is square, with equal faces & conspicuous flanges or "wings", per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
stems of Rhexia species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_virginica_meado
September
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JK Marlow s060903_p
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves elliptic or ovate, 3-nerved, apex acute or aristate, base cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.