Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Meadowbeauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-007:
Rhexia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Rhexia virginica var. purshii
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Meadowbeauty, Wingstem Meadowbeauty, Deergrass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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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JK Marlow jkm210706_1890
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Roots usually tuberous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-007:
Rhexia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Rhexia virginica var. purshii
1215
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont)
Look for it in wet pine flatwoods & savannas, pond shores, bogs, & ditches, 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
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Magenta/ deep rose
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 p237
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p095
- 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
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p158
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p355
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p181
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p123
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p160
- 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 p288