NameThatPlant.net: Rhexia nashii

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Hairy Meadowbeauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia nashii FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia nashii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006c:
Rhexia mariana var. purpurea FAMILY Melastomataceae

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

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Meadowbeauty, Maid Marian, Nash's Meadowbeauty

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image of Rhexia nashii, Hairy Meadowbeauty, Maid Marian, Nash's Meadowbeauty

Alistair Glen gwn_rhexianashii

September Pender County NC

Will Stuart wil_rnashii_0912_170

September Richmond County NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

This species has glandular hairs on the back side of the petals, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia nashii FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia nashii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006c:
Rhexia mariana var. purpurea FAMILY Melastomataceae

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

2904

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas; pond shores, bogs, marshes, ditches, wet roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

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Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender-rose
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!