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Melastomataceae
Rhexia

not marked as a favorite taxon Rhexia mariana Linnaeus var. mariana. Common name: Maryland Meadow-beauty, Dull Meadow-beauty, Pale Meadow-beauty. Phenology: Early Mar-Oct. Habitat: Pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy. Distribution: E. MA south to s. FL, west to TX, and north to s. IN and IL.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA10, G, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W; > Rhexia delicatula Small — S, S13; > Rhexia filiformis Small — S13; < Rhexia mariana L. — C, Fl4, Il, Mi, Pa, Tat, WH3, WV; > Rhexia mariana L. — S, S13; > Rhexia mariana L. var. leiosperma Fernald & Griscom — F; < Rhexia mariana L. var. mariana — GW2, K4, Kral & Bostick (1969); >< Rhexia mariana L. var. mariana — F; Rhexia mariana L. Basionym: Rhexia mariana L. 1753

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

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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 ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Rhexia mariana var. mariana© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, frequently colonial perennial of pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches and wet roadsides.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, with the angles sometimes winged and faces markedly unequal at midstem, branching and hairy.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped or narrowly oval, 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, 3 veined, finely toothed, and hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in few-flowered, branching, terminal clusters; purplish to pale rose or white, to 2 in. wide, consisting of 4 petals arising from a glandular-hairy, urn-shaped tube and 8 stamens bearing curved, yellow anthers.

Fruits: Fruit a round capsule, up to 1/4 in. wide, enclosed in the urn-shaped tube.

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Height: to 32 in.

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description: Erect, frequently colonial perennial of pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches and wet roadsides.

stems: Stems 4-angled, with the angles sometimes winged and faces markedly unequal at midstem, branching and hairy.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped or narrowly oval, 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, 3 veined, finely toothed, and hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in few-flowered, branching, terminal clusters; purplish to pale rose or white, to 2 in. wide, consisting of 4 petals arising from a glandular-hairy, urn-shaped tube and 8 stamens bearing curved, yellow anthers.

fruits: Fruit a round capsule, up to 1/4 in. wide, enclosed in the urn-shaped tube.

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