Rhexia nashii

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Species Distribution Map
Family:MELASTOMATACEAE
Species:Rhexia nashii Small
Common Name:Hairy Meadow Beauty; Maid Marian
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RHNA
Plant Notes:Hairy Meadow Beauty is a native perennial in the Melastome family (Melastomaceae). It can be found in the southern half of Alabama. Hairy Meadow Beauty grows in bogs, in seeps, in wet pinelands, in roadside ditches, and along streams and ponds. It is colonial from creeping horizontal roots. The roots sometimes form small tubers. Stems are from 18-24 inches in height. The stems are pubescent and 4-sided. The sides are unequal with two narrow and two wider. Leaves are opposite, ovate to lanceolate in outline, and pubescent on both surfaces. The leaves have short petioles and the margins are serrate. Flowers are produced in open cymes. The four petals are lavender and glandular pubescent on their lower surface. This is best seen when in bud. The fruit is a capsule enclosed by the hypanthium. The seed are shaped like a snail shell. Hairy Meadow Beauty is similar to Maryland Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana Linnaeus), and was classified as a variety of it at one time. It differs in having usually darker colored flowers, usually wider leaves, and always glandular hairs on the lower surfaces of the petals. Hairy Meadow Beauty is usually not available commercially, but is easily grown from seed. It prefers a wet, acidic soil and full to partial sun.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW+ (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMELASTOMATACEAE - Melastome family
Genus Rhexia
Species Rhexia nashii Small - Hairy Meadow Beauty; Maid Marian

Citation

Citation Rhexia nashii Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 824, 1335. 1903.
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Type: USA: FLORIDA: Lake Co.: Vicinity of Eustis, 1-15 Jun 1894, Nash 863 (holotype: NY; isotypes: BH, GH, MO, PH, US).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Rhexia mariana var. purpurea Rhexia mariana Linnaeus, var. purpurea Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 221. 1803. Without data, Michaux s.n. (lectotype: P). Lectotypified by James, Brittonia 8: 223. 1956.

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, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Lamar, Marengo, Mobile, Pike, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1952 - 1970

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
TROY000047741 Autauga 05 Oct 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1809		 TROY
Rhexia nashii Small
UWAL0047343 Autauga 05 Oct 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1809		 UWAL
Rhexia nashii Small
UNA00020033 Baldwin 13 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Rhexia nashii Small
UWAL0043585 Baldwin 06 Sep 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
433		 UWAL
Rhexia nashii Small
UNA00060327 Baldwin 16 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8059		 UNA
Rhexia nashii Small
USAM000008815 Baldwin 20 Aug 2004 Zebryk, Tad
8666		 USAM
Rhexia nashii Small
UWAL0053893 Baldwin 08 Aug 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8121		 UWAL
Rhexia nashii Small
TROY000049040 Barbour 14 Jul 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29004		 TROY
Rhexia nashii Small
UWAL0010505 Bibb 07 Aug 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3807		 UWAL
Rhexia nashii Small
UWAL0039936 Butler 17 Sep 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27677		 UWAL
Rhexia nashii Small
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