Rhexia ventricosa Fernald & Griscom. Common name: Swollen Meadow-beauty. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Pine flatwoods and savannas, clearings in cypress-hardwood swamps, ditches, wet roadsides. Distribution: S. NJ south to e. SC.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This taxon is seemingly closely related to R. interior Pennell, which is distributed west of the Appalachians.
Synonymy ⓘ: = F, FNA10, RAB, Va, Nesom (2012a); = Rhexia mariana L. var. ventricosa (Fernald & Griscom) Kral & Bostick — GW2, K4, W, Kral & Bostick (1969); < Rhexia interior Pennell — C; < Rhexia mariana L. — Tat. Basionym: Rhexia ventricosa Fernald & Griscom 1935
Links to other floras: = Rhexia ventricosa - FNA10
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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