North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Rhexia mariana var. mariana

Rhexia mariana L. var. mariana

dull meadow-beauty, maryland meadow-beauty, maryland meadowbeauty, pale meadow-beauty

Synonym(s): Rhexia delicatula, Rhexia filiformis, Rhexia lanceolata, Rhexia mariana var. exalbida, Rhexia mariana var. leiosperma

Rhexia mariana var. mariana (Dull Meadow-beauty)

Image ID: 18588
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: RHMAM2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rhexia mariana var. mariana
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-10-12

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: RHEXI
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Rhexia
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Meadowbeauty
GENUS SUMMARY: [contributed by Richard J. LeBlond]
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Measurements of the hypanthium are to the base of the calyx lobes.
GENUS REFERENCES: Kral & Bostick (1969)=Z; Nesom (2012a)=Y; Bounds (1987); Wurdack & Kral (1982); Snyder (1996).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: MELAST
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Melastomataceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Melastome Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 200 genera and 4500-5000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical , and warm temperate areas.
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NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Erect, frequently colonial perennial of pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches and wet roadsides.
STEMS: Stems 4-angled, with the angles sometimes winged and faces markedly unequal at midstem, branching and hairy.
LEAVES: Leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped or narrowly oval, 3/4-2 1/2 in. long, 3 veined, finely toothed, and hairy.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers in few-flowered, branching, terminal clusters; purplish to pale rose or white, to 2 in. wide, consisting of 4 petals arising from a glandular-hairy, urn-shaped tube and 8 stamens bearing curved, yellow anthers.
FRUITS: Fruit a round capsule, up to 1/4 in. wide, enclosed in the urn-shaped tube.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: to 32 in.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: May-Oct

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BLOOM COLOR: pink, purple, white

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DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Bogs/pocosins, Disturbed
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
46	HORT	2013-11-12	Liloia	View
1542	HORT	2005-03-08	Bryan	View
2252	NPMD	2019-09-24	Touloupas	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
44	2015-0022	2015-11-02	46	View
4374	1992-0530			View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
58	44	18	NCBG staff	2015-05-01	View
6702	4374	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: RHMAM2
USDA Common Name: Maryland Meadowbeauty
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rhexia mariana var. mariana
COMMON NAME: Maryland Meadow-beauty, Dull Meadow-beauty, Pale Meadow-beauty
SYNONYMY: [= G, W, Mo, RAB, Va; < R. mariana var. mariana - F, GW, K, Z (also see R. mariana var. exalbida); > R. mariana var. leiosperma Fernald & Griscom - F; > R. delicatula Small - S; > R. mariana - S; < R. mariana - Pa, WH3, WV]
PHENOLOGY: May-Oct.
HABITAT: Pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy.
COMMENTS: E. MA south to s. FL, west to TX, and north to s. IN and IL.
RANGE MAP: Rhexia mariana var. mariana.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Melastomataceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Melastome Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 200 genera and 4500-5000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical , and warm temperate areas.
REFERENCE:

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Rhexia L. (Meadowbeauty)
SUMMARY: [contributed by Richard J. LeBlond]
REFERENCE: Kral & Bostick (1969)=Z; Nesom (2012a)=Y; Bounds (1987); Wurdack & Kral (1982); Snyder (1996).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Rhexia mariana var. mariana in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Rhexia mariana var. mariana in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Rhexia mariana var. mariana in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Rhexia mariana var. mariana in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Rhexia mariana var. mariana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Rhexia mariana var. mariana

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 18588 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 18588 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 19392 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 18588 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)