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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia ventricosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swollen Meadowbeauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhexia interior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-008:
Rhexia ventricosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
COMMON NAME:
Swollen Meadowbeauty
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_rhexia_ventricosa1
July Scotland County NC
Four stem faces at mid-stem ~ equal, almost flat, the angles sharp or winged, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia ventricosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhexia interior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-008:
Rhexia ventricosa
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
2903
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in pine flatwoods & savannas, clearings in cypress-hardwood swamps, ditches, wet roadsides, 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
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender-rose
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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