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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Rhexia mariana var. mariana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006a:

Rhexia mariana var. mariana   FAMILY Melastomataceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhexia delicatula

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhexia mariana

 

COMMON NAME:
Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty


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image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm060729_097b

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

A glandular-hairy, obscurely square stem, often freely branched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


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image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm120704_457

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Hypanthium cylindrical in anthesis, urceolate at maturity; neck ~ equals body, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm150712_428

July    Pickens County    SC

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm190702_9672

July    Greenville County    SC

Leaves 3-nerved, short-petioled, hairy, typically 1-2" long & 1/3 as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm220722_9185

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

Bobbie L Holt    blh1214_a

August    Anderson County    SC

Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm120804_227

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    jkm120804_244

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

Keith Bradley    kab_rhexia_mariana_73029

August    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

JK Marlow    s060819_c

August    Oconee County    SC

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rhexia_mariana

September        

Mature hypanthium 6-10mm long, glandular-hairy, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rhexia_mariana_3

September        

image of Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

Steve Marlow    snm097209_11

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Petals pale pink (to white); stamens 8, with prominent curved yellow anthers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia mariana var. mariana

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia delicatula

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia mariana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1214

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale pink
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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