MELASTOMATACEAE

Rhexia cubensis Grisebach. West Indian Meadow-beauty. Phen: Jun-Sep. Hab: Limesink ponds (dolines). Drawdown zones of depression ponds such as Carolina bays or limesink ponds (dolines), Pond-cypress savannas and depression meadows; farther south (especially in FL) in wet pine flatwoods, dome swamps, hammock edges, pond and lake margins, pine savannas, ditches, and moist roadsides. Dist: Se. NC south to s. FL and west to sw. MS; also in the West Indies.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Syn: = Fl4, FNA10, GW2, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, WH3, Kral & Bostick (1969), Nesom (2012a)

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