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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 Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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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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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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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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
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
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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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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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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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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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
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
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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