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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth 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 alifanus
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia alifanus
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-002:
Rhexia alifanus
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Meadowbeauty, Savanna Meadowbeauty
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rhal4_003_lvd
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JK Marlow s060423_a
April Berkeley County? SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Rhexia's hard, upright, urn-shaped capsules are highly distinctive, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Will Stuart wil_540812451_ae8f0c9032
June Charleston County SC
Santee Coastal Reserve
Petals mostly 1"; 8 conspicuous stamens terminated by bright yellow anthers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rhexia_alifanus_4
July
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Will Stuart wil_rhexia_alifanus_055
July Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
A recently burned longleaf savanna.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rhexia_alifanus_16
September
Anthers 5-11mm long, distinctly curved, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm081009_064
October Dorchester County SC
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JK Marlow jkm161001_769
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Allifae was a town in Italy where large drinking mugs were once made, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.