Rhexia mariana var. mariana

Common names: Pale meadow beauty
Synonyms: Rhexia delicatula Small R. mariana var. leiosperma Fernald & Griscom
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Leaf-blades lanceolate to ellip­tic or narrowly ovate. Petals dull lavender to lavender-rose. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy areas.
Elevation: 0–50 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

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 +
Linnaeus +
exfoliating +
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 +
Pale meadow beauty +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
flattened +
0–50 m. +
alternating +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
rounded +  and convex +
unequal +
narrower +
free +  and distinct +
geniculate +
short-pedicellate +  and subsessile +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
dehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Pine flatwoods, wet meadows, bog margins, ditches, wet roadsides, often weedy areas. +
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 +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
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 +
lavender +  and lavender-rose +
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 May–Oct. +
5-carpellate +  and 4-carpellate +
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 +
Rhexia delicatula +  and R. mariana var. leiosperma +
Rhexia mariana var. mariana +
Rhexia mariana +
variety +
bristle-tipped +
cross-veined +