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.
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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Horticultural Information
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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