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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rhexia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006b:
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
COMMON NAME:
White Meadowbeauty
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Will Stuart wil_8455106389_71cb851b1c
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
The white flowers and linear leaves are diagnostic. Anthers distinctly curved, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_8456201258_823d8ea0a7
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Stems hirsute. Leaves slender, narrow, sharply toothed, not twisted at base. — Will Stuart
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_mariana_exalbida_5
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_mariana_exalbida_6
July
Petals obovate to broadly elliptical, each petal oblique, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006b:
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
3561
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, ditches, and 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
FRUIT:
Capsule
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