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| Photo
by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below. |
| Botanical name: |
Rhexia mariana
L |
| Common
name: |
Maryland
meadow-beauty
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| Synonomy: |
n/a |
| Group: |
Dicot
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| Family: |
Melastomataceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb
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| Duration: |
Perennial
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| Plant
height: |
2.5'
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| Foliage: |
stems
often have four sides, flat, concave or convex and usually has
glandular hairs.leaf arrangement is opposite. Leaves can reach 3 inches
in length; fine sharp teeth, linear, lanceolate or oblong. |
| Flower
color: |
pink
to lavender or occasionally white flowers |
| Flower
size: |
1-2"
with 4 petals |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
Fruit is
a distinctive seed capsule shaped
like a small jug with four points |
| Habitat: |
Open
areas, moist at least in the spring. Often on disturbed sites.
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| Range
in
New Jersey: |
Common in moist sandy
ground
throughout the Pine Barrens, Cape May peninsula, and western part of
the Middle district, occasional on the coast.
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| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a
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| Distribution |
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| Misc.: |
USDA
lists as an obligate wetland species, i.e., Occurs almost always
(estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
Rhexia,
From
the Greek rhexio, (rupture); referring to the belief the plant had
curative benefits for ruptures; mariana,
of
Mary (Maryland?).
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