Rhexia mariana var. exalbida

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 221. 1803.

Common names: White meadow beauty
Basionym: Rhexia lanceolata Walter Fl. Carol., 129. 1788
Synonyms: R. angustifolia Nuttall R. filiformis Small R. mariana var. lanceolata (Walter) T. F. Wood & G. McCarthy
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Leaf-blades mostly linear. Petals white or pale lavender. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, pond edges, ditches, wet roadsides.
Elevation: 50–100 m.

Distribution

Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
pedicellate +, subsessile +  and zygomorphic +
not versatile +  and basifixed +
linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
acute +  and acuminate narrowed +
Guy L. Nesom +
Michaux +
exfoliating +
Rhexia lanceolata +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
linear-filiform +, ovate +, elliptic +, lanceolate +  and linear +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
subfoliaceous +
deciduous +
conspicuous +
4-lobed +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
not developed +
spongy-thickened +
White meadow beauty +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
flattened +
50–100 m. +
alternating +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
rounded +  and convex +
unequal +
narrower +
free +  and distinct +
geniculate +
short-pedicellate +  and subsessile +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
dehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, pond edges, ditches, wet roadsides. +
gland-tipped +
slender +
perennial +
suffrutescent +
glabrate +, glabrous +  and hirsute-villous +
ovoid +  and subglobose +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
hirsute-villous +
subsessile +  and sessile +
alternate +, verticillate +, decussate +  and opposite +
persistent +  and deciduous +
triangular +
crenulate +, serrulate +  and subentire +
Several (?) +  and No (?) +
constricted +
hirsute-villous +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
smaller +
pale lavender +  and white +
fugacious +
distinct +
short-clawed +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
5-carpellate +  and 4-carpellate +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
non-tuberiferous +  and rhizomelike +
tawny +  and purple or black +
cochleate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +
not laticiferous +
subequal +
2 times number of petals +
unbranched +  and several-branched +
erect +  and ascending-erect +
4-angled +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
loosely strigose +  and strigose-hirsute or villous +
R. angustifolia +, R. filiformis +  and R. mariana var. lanceolata +
Rhexia mariana var. exalbida +
Rhexia mariana +
variety +
bristle-tipped +
cross-veined +