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



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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image of Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, White Meadowbeauty

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).

image of Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, White Meadowbeauty

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

image of Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, White Meadowbeauty

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231869842745040

July    Hoke County    NC

image of Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, White Meadowbeauty

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_mariana_exalbida_5

July        

image of Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, White Meadowbeauty

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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