Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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.