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Maryland Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Widespread and common in various open habitats in NC, this is the most commonly encounted of the meadow-beauties. | |
Maryland Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 | |
Maryland Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 | |
Maryland Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 |
White Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana var. exalbida) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006 A distinct variety of Maryland Meadow-beauty is this white flowered variety. Uncommon in the piedmont & coastal plain. | |
White Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana var. exalbida) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 | |
White Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana var. exalbida) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 | |
White Meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana var. exalbida) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 | |
Nash's Meadow-beauty, Hairy Meadow-beauty, Maid Marion (Rhexia nashii) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 Common in NC in the coastal plain (less common in piedmont) in wet habitats like pine savannahs, ditches, marsh margins, etc. | |
Nash's Meadow-beauty, Hairy Meadow-beauty, Maid Marion (Rhexia nashii) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 | |
Nash's Meadow-beauty, Hairy Meadow-beauty, Maid Marion (Rhexia nashii) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Glandular hairs are usually present in variable numbers on the underside of the petals. | |
Nash's Meadow-beauty, Hairy Meadow-beauty, Maid Marion (Rhexia nashii) Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 | |
Nash's Meadow-beauty, Hairy Meadow-beauty, Maid Marion (Rhexia nashii) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Note variable amount of stem & leaf hairs. |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Longleaf Pine savannah in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Common in the NC coastal plain in wet habitats like pine savannas, pocosin edges, etc. | |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Longleaf Pine savannah in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Flowers of this species are often erect and point skyward. | |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Longleaf Pine savannah in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 | |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Longleaf Pine savannah in Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 | |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 | |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 | |
Fringed Meadow-beauty, Short-stemmed Meadow-beauty, Ciliate Meadow-beauty (Rhexia petiolata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 |
Savannah Meadow-beauty, Tall Meadow-beauty, Smooth Meadow-beauty (Rhexia alifanus) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Distinctive bluish-green, tall, and usually unbranched stems characterize this common Rhexia of the NC coastal plain in various moist savannah and pocosin habitats. | |
Savannah Meadow-beauty, Tall Meadow-beauty, Smooth Meadow-beauty (Rhexia alifanus) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 | |
Savannah Meadow-beauty, Tall Meadow-beauty, Smooth Meadow-beauty (Rhexia alifanus) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 | |
Savannah Meadow-beauty, Tall Meadow-beauty, Smooth Meadow-beauty (Rhexia alifanus) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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