Rhexia Linnaeus. Meadow-beauty.
Contributed by Richard J. LeBlond
A genus of about 13 species, herbs, of North America. Rhexia is the only genus of the Melastomataceae to occur in North America north of s. FL.
ID notes:Measurements of the hypanthium are to the base of the calyx lobes. Some species, especially Rhexia alifanus, often have leaves in whorls of three rather than opposite.
Ref: Bounds (1987); Kral & Bostick (1969); Nesom (2012a); Snyder (1996); Wurdack & Kral (1982). Show full citations.
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© Will Stuart | Rhexia alifanus | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Rhexia lutea | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Rhexia nuttallii | Original Image ⭷
© Will Stuart | Rhexia nashii | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Rhexia salicifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Rhexia alifanus | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Rhexia petiolata | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Rhexia petiolata | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Rhexia virginica | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Rhexia lutea | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Rhexia nuttallii | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Rhexia cubensis | Original Image ⭷
no rights reserved, uploaded by John Kees | Rhexia interior source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Rhexia mariana var. exalbida | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Rhexia nuttallii | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Rhexia petiolata | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Rhexia alifanus | Original Image ⭷
© Jay Horn | Rhexia nuttallii source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Rhexia nashii | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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