Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is a distinctive Rhexia, despite its rosy-pink flowers. It is the only one whose flowers face upward, toward the sky, as opposed to outward, facing the horizon. ... Also, the yellow anthers are erect and straight. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia petiolata   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Rhexia petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-001:

Rhexia petiolata   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhexia ciliosa

COMMON NAME:
Ciliate Meadowbeauty, Short Meadowbeauty, Fringed Meadowbeauty, Bog Meadowbeauty

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rhci6_001_lvd

        

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rhexia_petiolata_2

July        

Leaves sessile, less than 1" long, margins lined w short conspicuous hairs, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

Will Stuart    wil_7567897334_fcd4e0a9a3

July    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Anthers straight to slightly curved, usually shorter than the filaments, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rhexia_petiolata_6

September        

Calyx segments acuminate-aristate. Petals lavender-rose to pink, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia petiolata   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-001:
Rhexia petiolata   FAMILY Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia ciliosa