Meadow Beauty Plant | Slide Mouse

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Meadow beauty plant. It is native to much of eastern north america and is often found in moist often acidic soils in open areas. From the image gallery 17371. A small perennial of sandy pond shores and peaty meadows virginia meadow beauty has a distinctive urn shaped fruit that thoreau once compared to a tiny cream pitcher. Meadow beauty family melastomataceae description this herbaceous perennial wildflower is 2 tall and largelyunbranched except near the apex where some lateral stems with flowers are usuallyproduced.

There are about a dozen species of meadow beauty native to florida. Rhexia mariana rhexia cubensis rhexia alifanus rhexia nuttallii rhexia petiolata rhexia virginica. Short plants are erect while tall plants sometimes sprawlacross the ground. Pale meadow beauty is present in the entire southeastern quarter of the u s to illinois.

Rhexia virginica the handsome harry or virginia meadow beauty is a species of flowering plant in the family melastomataceae. It grows from an underground tuber and will spread rapidly. The central stem is light green to purplish green sharply 4 angled narrowly winged and sparsely to moderately coveredwith glandular hairs. Rhexia species will establish successfully on open areas disturbed by recurrent burning.

We specialize in florida native plants including wildflowers grasses shrubs trees ferns and palms. Most often it grows in wet meadows coastal plain marshes sandy wetlands and lake edges pine woods and road side swales. Habitat meadows and fields shores of rivers or lakes. This species pale meadow beauty is common in the sandhills flatwoods bogs and marshes from the northern counties of florida south to the central peninsula and collier county wunderlin 2003.

Description in its natural setting virginia meadow beauty can be found growing in wetlands wet meadows bogs seepage slopes and open sandy locations. Flowers are rose pink to pale pink with 4 petals almost as broad as long on a sturdy 4 sided slightly winged stem. There are about 175 genera and 3 000 species mostly in tropical regions particularly south america but rhexiais nativeto the united states and cuba. This species is a perennial herb that is easily identified by its distinctly angled stems.

Handsome harry or meadow beauty is a 2 ft occasionally 3 ft hairy perennial with bright green thickened oval leaves and showy flowers in loose nearly terminal clusters. Taller plants will sprawl along the ground while shorter ones will stand erect.