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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rhexia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006b:
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida FAMILY Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
White Meadowbeauty
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Will Stuart wil_8455106389_71cb851b1c
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
The white flowers and linear leaves are diagnostic. Anthers distinctly curved, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Will Stuart wil_8456201258_823d8ea0a7
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Stems hirsute. Leaves slender, narrow, sharply toothed, not twisted at base. — Will Stuart
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869842745040
July Hoke County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_mariana_exalbida_5
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_mariana_exalbida_6
July
Petals obovate to broadly elliptical, each petal oblique, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhexia mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 136-01-006b:
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida
FAMILY
Melastomataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhexia lanceolata
3561
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, ditches, and wet roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p360
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p401
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p300
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