Maryland Meadow Beauty Uses | Slide Mouse

It has potential for use in cultivated garden situations in naturalized prairie or meadow plantings and along roadsides.

Maryland meadow beauty uses. It is found in the southeastern us in savannas meadows marshes and bogs. Rhexia is mostly a genus of the southeastern united states not found west. Facw eastern mountains and piedmont. The white or rose colored to purple flowers are 2 in.

Maryland meadowbeauty is also known as pale meadow beauty and dull meadow pitchers. Rhexia mariana white flower form aka maryland meadow beauty. Awn petalled meadow beauty r. Atlantic and gulf coastal plain.

Flower color is and blooms in. Rhexia mariana maryland meadow beauty pale meadow beauty rhexia is a small genus of about 13 species all of them in north america and is the only genus in the melastome family found on the continent outside of south florida. Maryland meadow beauty has 4 lop sided pink to white petals and is found in sandy swamps from massachusetts south to florida west to kentucky and texas. Across and are loosely arranged in.

Grows in sun to part sun. Hardiness zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b. Culinary plants plants named after animals rain garden plants rhexia mariana buy rhexia mariana for sale from plant delights nursery award winning mail order perennial plants on line. Plant symbol rhma contributed by.

Aristosa is similar but has very narrow 3 ribbed unstalked leaves and sharp pointed petals. A family primarily of tropical plants most species are found in central and south america. Usda nrcs plant materials program uses this plant is used mainly for landscape beautification. Meadow pitchers deergrass and meadow beauty apply to the entire genus.

Rhma usda native status. Status several states consider this species threatened or. It prefers moist sandy loam slightly acidic soil in full sun to part shade. Maryland meadow beauty is found in eastern southern and midwestern states but in new england it occurs only in cape cod massachusetts where it inhabits coastal plain pond shores often on the drier upper part of the beach.

It will also tolerate rocky acidic soils and seasonal flooding. Maryland meadow beauty is a low growing perennial in the meadow beauty family. This is a herbaceous plant which can reach 100cm in height 40inches. Perennial bear attractive pairs of densely hairy lance shaped distinctly veined leaves.

Rhexia mariana rhexia mariana l. As with other rare plants of this habitat type maryland meadow beauty is vulnerable to any changes in the timing or. L48 the slender lightly hairy stems of this 2 1 2 ft. Maryland meadowbeauty rhexia mariana l.

Maryland meadow beauty is found in areas with a fluctuating water table such as coastal plain marshes sandy lake edges dune swales seepages sandy marshes sandy and peaty edges of wetlands and intermittent wetlands.