NameThatPlant.net: Rhexia aristosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia aristosa FAMILY Melastomataceae Go to FSUS key

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 Flora of North America

Rhexia aristosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-004:

Rhexia aristosa FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhexia aristosa

COMMON NAME:
Awned Meadowbeauty, Bristly Meadowbeauty

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image of Rhexia aristosa, Awned Meadowbeauty, Bristly Meadowbeauty

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhar_001_lvd

Bruce A. Sorrie bas_rhexia_aristosa1

September Hoke County NC

The long yellowish bristles at the summit of the calyx/hypanthium are diagnostic, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia aristosa FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia aristosa FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia aristosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-004:
Rhexia aristosa FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia aristosa

2344

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, depression meadows, and limesink ponds (dolines), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/ Purplish
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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