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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia ventricosa   FAMILY Melastomataceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Rhexia ventricosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Rhexia interior

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-008:

Rhexia ventricosa   FAMILY Melastomataceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Swollen Meadowbeauty


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image of Rhexia ventricosa, Swollen Meadowbeauty

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_rhexia_ventricosa1

July    Scotland County    NC

Four stem faces at mid-stem ~ equal, almost flat, the angles sharp or winged, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia ventricosa   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia ventricosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhexia interior

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-008:
Rhexia ventricosa   FAMILY Melastomataceae

 

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2903

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods and savannas, clearings in cypress-hardwood swamps, ditches, wet roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender-rose
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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