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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 346. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Project Data     (Last Modified On 7/9/2009)
Status: Native

 

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1. Rhexia mariana L. (Maryland meadow beauty, dull meadow beauty)

Pl. 455 f, g; Map 2069

Rhizomes present, sometimes shallow and stolonlike, the roots usually lacking tubers, the stem bases not spongy-thickened. Stems 20–100 cm long, equally or unequally 4-angled, sometimes appearing nearly circular in cross-section, the angles not or inconspicuously winged, the wings less than 0.25 mm wide, sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy, especially at the nodes. Leaf blades (1–)2–8 cm long, elliptic or ovate to narrowly ovate, becoming elliptic lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate toward the stem tip, glabrous or more commonly sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy. Hypanthium 6–12 mm long at fruiting, glabrous or sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy, the necklike free portion usually longer than than the body (the portion fused to the ovary) at fruiting. Petals 12–18 mm long, glabrous or with sparse glandular hairs on the outer surface and margins. 2n=22, 44. June–October.

Scattered in the southern third of the state (eastern [mostly southeastern] U.S. west to Kansas and Texas). Sandy banks of streams and rivers, wet depressions of upland prairies, sand prairies, and sandstone glades, open margins of ponds and sinkhole ponds, and less commonly openings in bottomland forest; also ditches, roadsides, railroads, and moist sandy open disturbed areas.

 
 


 

 
 
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