familyMelastomataceae
genusRhexia
speciesRhexia alifanus

Rhexia alifanus

Walter

Fl. Carol., 130. 1788.

Guy L. Nesom
Common names: Savannah or smooth meadow beauty
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator:

Copyright:

Caudices developed, spongy; roots short, fibrous, lignescent, non-tuberiferous. Stems mostly unbranched, 6–11 (–20) cm, faces equal, terete proximally, distal internodes somewhat flattened in a plane parallel to subtending leaf pair, longitu­dinally striate, narrower bands paler and aligned with leaf midribs, internodes and nodes glabrous. Leaves subsessile; blade lanceolate-ovate to lanceolate or elliptic, 3.5–7.5 cm × 4–15 mm, margins entire or subentire, teeth low, remote, blunt, not bristle-tipped, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences diffuse, not obscured by bracts. Flowers: hypanthium subglobose to ovoid, longer than the constricted neck, 7.5–10 mm, hirsute, hairs gland-tipped; calyx lobes triangular, apices narrowed to linear-oblong extensions; petals spreading, lavender-rose, 2–2.5 cm; anthers curved, 7–8 mm. Seeds cuneate-prismatic, 1–2 mm, surfaces nearly smooth. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Pine flatwoods and savannas, pine-palmetto, pine-hardwood, pine-cypress, gum-maple flats, bogs, seeps, swamp and pocosin margins, ditches, roadsides, sandy peat.
Elevation: 0–50 m.

Distribution

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

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Rhexia alifanus"
RDF feed
2n chromosome quantity
22 +
Androecium architecture
pedicellate +, subsessile +  and zygomorphic +
Androecium arrangement
biseriate +
Androecium position
perigynous +
Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
4-locular +
Anther course
curved +
Anther dehiscence
poricidal +
Anther fixation
not versatile +  and basifixed +
Anther orientation
downcurved +
Anther shape
linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
Anther some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
Apex shape
narrowed +  and linear-oblong +
Author
Guy L. Nesom +
Authority
Walter +
Bark relief
exfoliating +
Bark width
thin +
Berry dehiscence
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
Blade architecture
3-veined +
Blade arrangement
parallel +
Blade length
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
Blade shape
lanceolate-ovate +  and lanceolate or elliptic +
Blade width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
subfoliaceous +
Bract coloration
persistent +
Bract duration
deciduous +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract prominence
conspicuous +
Bracteole arrangement
opposite +
Bracteole duration
caducous +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Bud-scale presence
absent +
Calyx lobe arrangement or dehiscence
valvate +
Calyx lobe presence
absent +
Calyx lobe quantity
5 +  and 4 +
Calyx lobe shape
triangular +
Calyx shape
4-lobed +
Capsule dehiscence
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
Caudex development
developed +
Caudex height or length or size
short +
Caudex size or width
spongy-thickened +
Caudex texture
spongy +
Common name
Savannah or smooth meadow beauty +
Connective base architecture
appendaged +
Cross-vein fragility
strong +
Cyme arrangement
paniculate +
Distal internode coloration or pubescence or relief
striate +
Distal internode shape
flattened +
Distribution
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
Elevation
0–50 m. +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Endosperm quantity
7;18 +
Face morphologies
alternating +
Face pubescence
usually hirsute +  and villous +
Face quantity
1 +
Face shape
terete +
Face size
unequal +  and subequal +
Face variability
equal +
Face width
narrower +  and broader +
Filament architecture
twisted +
Filament fusion
free +  and distinct +
Filament position
exserted +
Filament quantity
0 (1) +
Filament shape
geniculate +
Filament size
unequal +
Filament variability
equal +
Flower architecture
short-pedicellate +  and subsessile +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
dehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Habitat
Pine flatwoods and savannas, pine-palmetto, pine-hardwood, pine-cypress, gum-maple flats, bogs, seeps, swamp and pocosin margins, ditches, roadsides, sandy peat. +
Hair architecture
gland-tipped +
Hair size
slender +
Herb duration
perennial +
Herb growth form
suffrutescent +
Hypanthium length or size
longer +
Hypanthium pubescence
hirsute +
Hypanthium shape
subglobose +  and ovoid +
Hypanthium some measurement
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Illustration
Present +
Inflorescence density
diffuse +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence prominence
not obscured +
Juice coloration
colored +
Leaf architecture
subsessile +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +, verticillate +, decussate +  and opposite +
Leaf duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Leaf quantity
1 (?) +
Lobe shape
triangular +
Margin architecture
gland-tipped +
Margin architecture or shape
serrate +  and entire +
Margin shape
subentire +  and entire +
Midrib prominence
dominant +
Midrib quantity
Several (?) +  and No (?) +
Narrower band arrangement
aligned +
Narrower band coloration
paler +
Neck size
constricted +
Nectary gland presence
absent +
Node pubescence
glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
4-locular +
Ovary fusion
adnate +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule architecture
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
Ovule atypical quantity
2 (6) +
Ovule orientation
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
Ovule quantity
6;50 +
Pair size
smaller +
Perianth arrangement
biseriate +
Perianth position
perigynous +
Petal architecture or shape
asymmetric +
Petal arrangement
imbricate +
Petal coloration
lavender-rose +
Petal coloration or density
lavender-purple +
Petal coloration or odor
lavender +
Petal duration
fugacious +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal orientation
spreading +
Petal quantity
4 +
Petal shape
short-clawed +
Petal some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Petal variability
equal +
Phenology
Flowering May–Sep. +
Pistil architecture
5-carpellate +  and 4-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Pore quantity
1 +
Publication title
Fl. Carol., +
Publication year
1788 +
Raceme architecture
secund +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
non-tuberiferous +
Root height or length or size
short +
Root texture
lignescent +  and fibrous +
Seed coloration
tawny +  and purple or black +
Seed quantity
11 +
Seed shape
cuneate-prismatic +
Seed some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
Segment presence
absent +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +
Shrub function
not laticiferous +
Shrub growth form
clonal +
Shrub reproduction
synoecious +
Stamen architecture or shape or variability
isomorphic +
Stamen atypical quantity
12 (96) +
Stamen growth form
dimorphic +
Stamen quantity
8 +
Stamen size
subequal +
Stamen size or quantity
2 times number of petals +
Stamen variability
equal +
Staminode quantity
5 +  and 4 +
Stem architecture
unbranched +
Stem atypical some measurement
11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Stem growth form
procumbent +
Stem orientation
erect +  and ascending-erect +
Stem shape
4-angled +
Stem some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stipule architecture
subsessile +, sessile +  and petiolate +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Style course
curved +
Style position
exserted +
Style quantity
1 +
Subtending leaf arrangement
parallel +
Subtending leaf shape
plane +
Surface architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Surface pubescence
glabrous +
Taxon family
Melastomataceae +
Taxon name
Rhexia alifanus +
Taxon parent
Rhexia +
Taxon rank
species +
Tooth architecture
not bristle-tipped +
Tooth arrangement or density
remote +
Tooth position
low +
Tooth shape
blunt +
Vein architecture
cross-veined +
Vein arrangement
converging +
Vein fragility
strong +
Vein orientation
diverging +
Volume
Volume 10 +
Whorl quantity
2 +