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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia aristosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Awned Meadowbeauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia aristosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-004:
Rhexia aristosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
COMMON NAME:
Awned Meadowbeauty, Bristly Meadowbeauty
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhar_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_rhexia_aristosa1
September Hoke County NC
Sepal lobes aristate, awn-tip 0.5-1.5mm long w flaring yellowish stiff hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia aristosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia aristosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-004:
Rhexia aristosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
2344
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in clay-based Carolina bays, depression meadows, and limesink ponds (dolines), 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/ Purplish
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p340
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p353
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p190