Rhexia alifanus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:MELASTOMATACEAE
Species:Rhexia alifanus Walter
Common Name:Savannah Meadow Beauty; Smooth Meadow Beauty; Rose Meadow Beauty
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RHAL4
Plant Notes:Savannah Meadow Beauty is a native herbaceous perennial in the Melastome family (Melastomataceae). It is native to the southern half of Alabama. Savannah Meadow Beauty grows in pine flatwoods, pine savannas, pitcher plant bogs, seeps, and wet roadside ditches. It is a perennial from an enlarged spongy root. One or more unbranched stems are produced from each root stock. The stems are up to 4 feet in height. The stems are glabrous and yellowish green in color. Leaves are opposite, sessile, lanceolate to elliptic in outline, with entire margins. The leaves are glabrous and often glaucous. The leaf has three main veins from the base—the mid vein and one vein along each margin of the Flowers are produced in branched inflorescences at the ends of the stems. Each flower has 4 rose-purple petals. The petals are glandular beneath. The hypanthium is glandular pubescent with black tipped glands. The fruit is a vase-shaped capsule with numerous seed. Savannah Meadow Beauty is our largest and showiest Meadow Beauty. It is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It prefers full sun and a moist, acidic soil. It can be grown in pool or bog gardens, and makes and excellent companion plant for carnivorous plants.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMELASTOMATACEAE - Melastome family
Genus Rhexia
Species Rhexia alifanus Walter - Savannah Meadow Beauty; Smooth Meadow Beauty; Rose Meadow Beauty

Citation

Citation Rhexia alifanus Walter, Fl. Carol. 130. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Berkeley Co.: 8 mi. W of Pineville, 17 Jun 1955, James 675 (neotype: GH). Neotypified by C. W. James, Brittonia 8: 218. 1956.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Rhexia glabella var. alifanus Rhexia glabella Michaux, var. alifanus (Walter) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 258. 1814.Rhexia alifanus Walter 1788. 
Rhexia glabella Rhexia glabella Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 222. 1803. "Carolinae et Georgiae", 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: Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1951 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_13977 Baldwin 5 Aug 1966 Schmitton, H.R.
 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
JSU132462 Baldwin 22 Aug 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_17357 Coffee 24 Jul 1969 Simonds, E.P.
69		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00058085 Baldwin 26 May 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2078		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_17356 Conecuh 5 Jul 1969 Weaver, Jimmy
66		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
TROY000007042 Crenshaw 13 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15640		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_52679 Butler 23 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6037		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UWAL0033084 Escambia 02 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27450		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000049068 Lowndes 17 Jul 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29008		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
JSU132470 Mobile 1 Jun 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10289		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_69626 Covington 20 Jun 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3313		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
JSU132464 Baldwin 22 Aug 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_46800 Butler 30 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3565		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019983 Houston 12 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
544		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_18944 Geneva 18 Aug 1970 Moore, Harold D.
653		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019978 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Williams, B.C.
s.n.		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
ALNHS00000294 Mobile 04 Jun 1998 Crow, D.G.
s.n.		 ALNHS
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_50754 Escambia 16 Jun 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6974		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00059604 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
7995		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
UNA00019981 Baldwin 5 Jul 1980 Lentz, David L.
34		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
UNA00058866 Geneva 10 Sep 2000 Kral, Robert
90281		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_11689 Baldwin 22 Jul 1967 Teem, David H.
 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019809 Mobile s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA000043354 Baldwin 21 Aug 1925 Wolf, Wolfgang
2361		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
SAMF0007079 Covington 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6734		 SAMF
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0049237 Bullock 18 Jun 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3320		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UNA00019977 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Chermock. R.L.
s.n.		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
TROY000007040 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
122		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
JSU132466 Baldwin 10 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4280		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
JSU132472 Russell 27 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62198		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
SAMF0002814 Escambia 19 Jun 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4371		 SAMF
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0032004 Houston 30 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26651		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000007037 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14114		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0011952 Conecuh 28 Jun 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6566		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0044092 Baldwin 27 May 1995 Larsen, Harry S.
57		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_46369 Escambia 8 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3472		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
ALNHS00004467 Baldwin 15 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2624		 ALNHS
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
UNA00067237 Butler 21 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17728		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
UNA00019979 Mobile 26 Jun 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D185		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
JSU132463 Baldwin 17 May 1974 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_51042 Pike 29 Jul 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7056		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UWAL0043581 Baldwin 28 May 1993 Walker, M.M.
20		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
TROY000042702 Houston 30 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26651		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000007043 Montgomery 19 Jul 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17811		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_19273 Elmore 10 Jul 1970 Moore, Harold D.
350		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019986 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
JSU132467 Houston 22 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14201		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000035563 Bullock 19 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
887		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_51877 Butler 13 Aug 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6268		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00059991 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
7983		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
TROY000007039 Choctaw 03 Jul 1980 Kral, Robert
65928		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
JSU132340 Baldwin 17 May 1974 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
SAMF0002815 Covington 19 Jun 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4365		 SAMF
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0037670 Clarke 24 Sep 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
TROY000007041 Crenshaw 06 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15631		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
JSU132461 Baldwin 26 Jul 1968 Johnson, Stephen C.
X-49-156		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
JSU132469 Mobile 8 Jun 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9908		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0044087 Baldwin 15 Jun 1993 Walker, M.M.
93		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000007038 Butler 21 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17728		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_43818 Conecuh 12 Jul 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1177		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019980 Lee 21 Jun 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7849		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
UNA00019985 Mobile 30 May 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D108-2		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
JSU132471 Russell 27 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62181		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000039230 Pike 07 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25295		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UWAL0011470 Bullock 19 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
885		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walter
ALNHS00000184 Mobile 01 Jun 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10289		 ALNHS
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_42296 Covington 6 Aug 1972 Nelson, John
157		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UWAL0030827 Mobile 18 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74384		 UWAL
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_72534 Baldwin 18 Jun 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-438		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019982 Washington 04 Aug 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8109		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
JSU132468 Houston 23 Jun 1996 MacDonald, John R.
9653		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
TROY000033625 Barbour 20 Aug 2011 Morrison, Derek
33		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
UNA00019976 Mobile 26 Jul 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
554		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_69663 Covington 20 Jun 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3340		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
JSU132465 Baldwin 22 Aug 1968 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_46289 Crenshaw 31 Jul 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3444		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00019984 Covington 13 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
577		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_3878 Covington 3 Jun 1965 Waters, Robert E.
 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
TROY000043826 Escambia 02 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27450		 TROY
Rhexia alifanus Walter
AUA_ACC_17358 Baldwin 25 Jul 1969 Rebois, R.V.
71		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
UNA00060334 Mobile 21 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8066		 UNA
Rhexia alifanus Walt.
AUA_ACC_18088 Geneva 25 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
32008		 AUA
Rhexia Alifanus Walt.
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