OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 12 taxa in the family Melastomataceae, Melastome or Meadowbeauty family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Ciliate Meadowbeauty, Short Meadowbeauty, Fringed Meadowbeauty, Bog Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia petiolata   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia petiolata   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia petiolata 136-01-001   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, pocosin borders, and ditches

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Meadowbeauty, Savanna Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia alifanus   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia alifanus   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia alifanus 136-01-002   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods and savannas, pocosin borders, more able to tolerate merely moist soils than other Rhexia species

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Yellow Meadowbeauty, Golden Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia lutea   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia lutea   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia lutea 136-01-003   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, seepage slopes, and bogs

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Awned Meadowbeauty, Bristly Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia aristosa   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia aristosa   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia aristosa 136-01-004   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Clay-based Carolina bays, depression meadows, and limesink ponds (dolines)

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: West Indies Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia cubensis   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia cubensis   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia cubensis 136-01-005   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines). Drawdown zones of depression ponds such as Carolina bays or limesink ponds (dolines), Pond-cypress savannas and depression meadows; farther south (especially in FL) in wet pine flatwoods, dome swamps, hammock edges, pond and lake margins, pine savannas, ditches, and moist roadsides

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Ozark Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia interior   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia mariana var. interior   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Moist to wet areas, ditches, prairies

Native: south central US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty, Dull Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia mariana var. mariana   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhexia mariana var. mariana   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia mariana var. mariana 136-01-006a   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: White Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia mariana var. exalbida   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhexia mariana var. mariana   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia mariana var. exalbida 136-01-006b   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, ditches, and wet roadsides

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Hairy Meadowbeauty, Maid Marian, Nash's Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia nashii   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia nashii   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia mariana var. purpurea 136-01-006c   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas; pond shores, bogs, marshes, ditches, wet roadsides

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Virginia Meadowbeauty, Wingstem Meadowbeauty, Deergrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia virginica   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia virginica   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia virginica var. virginica 136-01-007   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, pond shores, bogs, and ditches

Common (uncommon in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Swollen Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia ventricosa   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhexia ventricosa 136-01-008   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods and savannas, clearings in cypress-hardwood swamps, ditches, wet roadsides

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Nuttall's Meadowbeauty

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhexia nuttallii   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhexia nuttallii   FAMILY: Melastomataceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods, bogs

Rare in GA

Native to Georgia

 


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