Rhexia petiolata

Family:MELASTOMATACEAE
Species:Rhexia petiolata Walter
Common Name:Fringed Meadow Beauty; Ciliate Meadow Beauty; Short Stem Meadow Beauty
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RHPE
Plant Notes:Fringed Meadow Beauty is a native herbaceous perennial in the Melastome family (Melastomataceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Fringed Meadow Beauty occurs in bogs, in seeps, in open wetlands, and in wet roadside ditches. It is a perennial with a fibrous root system. Stems are 3 inches-2 feet in height. The stems are usually unbranched, glabrous, green in color, 4-angled and slightly winged. Leaves are opposite, ovate to elliptic in outline, sessile or with short petioles, glabrous above but with long hairs along the margins. Flowers are terminal on short shoots from the axils of the upper leaves. The flowers have 4 triangular sepals and 4 pink-purple petals. The flowers generally face upwards, while in other Meadow Beauty species the flowers face outwards. The fruit is a vase shaped capsule. Fringed Meadow Beauty is one of our smaller species of Meadow Beauty, and can be easily overlooked. The petals are easily detached from the flower.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW+ (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyMELASTOMATACEAE - Melastome family
Genus Rhexia
Species Rhexia petiolata Walter - Fringed Meadow Beauty; Ciliate Meadow Beauty; Short Stem Meadow Beauty

Citation

Citation Rhexia petiolata Walter, Fl. Carol. 130. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Herb. Fraser/Walter 91-D (Rhexia 723) (neotype: BM). Neotypified by C. W. James, Brittonia 8: 216. 1956. USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Florence Co.: 4 mi. S of Florence, 8 Jun 1927, Wiegand & Manning 2126 (epitype: GH; isoepitype: BH). Epitypified by D.B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 483. 2008.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Rhexia ciliosa Rhexia ciliosa Michuax, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 221. 1803. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Sumter, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA000043357 Baldwin 12 Aug 1925 Wolf, Wolfgang
2360
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
TROY000007079 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
137
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_19305 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
520-69
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
UWAL0047469 Escambia 26 Aug 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10858
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
SAMF0002813 Sumter 25 Jul 2006 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3507
SAMF
Rhexia petiolata Walter
ALNHS00003677 Baldwin 26 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2025
ALNHS
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
TROY000007082 Pike 15 Sep 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13664
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_67726 Covington 14 Aug 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3453
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
ALNHS00000189 Mobile 26 Jul 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10362
ALNHS
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
USAM000008546 Mobile 02 Jul 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9906
USAM
Rhexia petiolata Walter
ALNHS00005122 Monroe 24 AUG 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3283
ALNHS
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
UWAL0049217 Bullock 19 Jun 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3345
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0005159 Baldwin 14 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12337
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
ALNHS00004261 Baldwin 15 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2623
ALNHS
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
USAM000008548 Baldwin 20 Aug 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9429
USAM
Rhexia petiolata Walter
ALNHS00000188 Mobile 21 Jun 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10330
ALNHS
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
AUA000033009 Covington 13 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4855
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
ALNHS00006940 Autauga 23 Jul 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5302
ALNHS
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
AUA_ACC_50666 Dale 16 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7662
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
AUA_ACC_63575 Conecuh 8 Aug 2003 Searcy, Darryl
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
TROY000007078 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
137
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_73840 Covington 22 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4506
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
TROY000033412 Barbour 20 Aug 2011 Dykes, Bailee
24
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
TROY000007075 Barbour 06 Jul 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11581
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0017831 Barbour 06 Jul 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11591
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
TROY000021775 Baldwin 19 Jul 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12715
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UNA00067271 Baldwin 28 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12368
UNA
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
TROY000007076 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14113
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
USAM000008544 Mobile 12 Aug 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5224
USAM
Rhexia petiolata Walter
TROY000007080 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
120c
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_69520 Covington 15 Aug 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3516
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
TROY000007077 Butler 23 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17959
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_46349 Escambia 8 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3485
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
TROY000007074 Baldwin 14 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12337
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0052979 Escambia 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, L.J.
6726
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_63131 Bullock 4 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14113
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
JSU133196 Baldwin 11 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4308
JSU
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UNA00066705 Barbour 06 Jul 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11581
UNA
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
USAM000008549 Baldwin 15 Sep 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11520
USAM
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0053891 Baldwin 08 Aug 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8123
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
AUA_ACC_53557 Pike 13 Aug 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9303
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
UWAL0043586 Baldwin 29 Jul 1993 Walker, M.M.
211
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
SAMF0007070 Escambia 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6726
SAMF
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0044094 Baldwin 07 Jul 1995 Larsen, Harry S.
112
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UNA00059610 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8001
UNA
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
UWAL0037669 Clarke 24 Sep 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
USAM000008545 Mobile 30 Aug 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8656
USAM
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0016785 Butler 18 Oct 2013 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walter
TROY000007081 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
137
TROY
Rhexia petiolata Walter
UWAL0005158 Baldwin 19 Jul 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12715
UWAL
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
UNA00020027 Mobile _ Aug 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Rhexia petiolata Walt.
AUA_ACC_37661 Washington 17 Sep 1981 Henderson, T.
573
AUA
Rhexia Petiolata Walt.
USAM000008547 Mobile 07 Jul 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10407
USAM
Rhexia petiolata Walter
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