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Read more about Virginia Meadowbeauty 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 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
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Meadowbeauty, Wingstem Meadowbeauty, Deergrass
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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.
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.
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.
JK Marlow jkm060903_035
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves sparsely hirsute, ciliate-serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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
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.