Colors

Data mode

Account

Login
Sign up

Copy permalink to share

Rhexia mariana Linnaeus var. exalbida Michaux. White Meadow-beauty. Phen: Jun-Sep. Hab: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, ditches, and wet roadsides. Dist: NC south to FL and west to e. TX.

ID notes: The white flowers and linear leaves are diagnostic.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Reported to merge into R. mariana var. mariana from FL westward, but var. exalbida appears quite distinct at species rank.

Synonymy : = FNA10, RAB, Tx; = Rhexia lanceolata Walter – S, S13; < Rhexia mariana L. – Fl4, WH3; < Rhexia mariana L. var. mariana – GW2, K1, K3, K4, Kral & Bostick (1969)

Links to other floras: = Rhexia mariana var. exalbida - FNA10

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus

Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily : 9

Your browser does not support SVGs

Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.

image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, roadside, Cedar Crossing Road, Toombs County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jennifer Peterson | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

Feedback

See something wrong or missing on about Rhexia mariana var. exalbida? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months.


Cite as...