Rhexia lutea

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Family:MELASTOMATACEAE
Species:Rhexia lutea Walter
Common Name:Yellow Meadow Beauty; Golden Meadow Beauty
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RHLU
Plant Notes:Yellow Meadow Beauty is a native herbaceous perennial in the Melastome family (Melastomataceae). It can be found in the southern third of Alabama. Yellow Meadow Beauty occurs in pitcher plant bogs, in shrub bogs, in wet pine savannas, in pine flatwoods, and in seeps. It is a perennial from a hardened crown. Each crown usually produces several stems. The stems are erect, green to reddish brown in color, four angled at mid-stem, pubescent, branched above the middle, and 1-1 ½ feet in height. Leaves are opposite, sessile or sub-sessile, spatulate or elliptic in outline, pubescent, and toothed. Flowers are produced in leafy cymes. Each flower has four golden yellow petals. The petals fall of easily, and individual flowers only last one day. The fruit is a capsule that is shaped like a vase with a short neck. Yellow Meadow Beauty is available from some wildflower nurseries, and is easily grown from seed. It can be grown in a bog garden or rain garden. It prefers partial sun and organic soil that is constantly moist.—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 lutea Walter - Yellow Meadow Beauty; Golden Meadow Beauty

Citation

Citation Rhexia lutea Walter, Fl. Carol. 130. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Berkeley Co.: 2.3 mi. W of St. Stephen, 12 Jun 1955, James 678 (neotype: GH). Neotypified by C. W. James, Brittonia 8: 216. 1956.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Lee, Macon, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, 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: 1967 - 1995

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA000043355 Baldwin 15 Jul 1926 WOLF, WOLFGANG
2612		 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
AUA_ACC_3557 Baldwin 1 May 1953 SPEAKE, DAN W.
 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
AUA_ACC_3556 Baldwin 14 May 1955 MATSCHKE, GEORGE
 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
AUA_ACC_3558 Baldwin 5 May 1956 HALL, C.W.
 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
JSU132473 Baldwin 15 May 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Rhexia lutea Walter
AUA_ACC_13606 Baldwin 29 Apr 1967 DENT, D.M.
 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
AUA_ACC_11719 Baldwin 29 Apr 1967 BARRICK, WILLIAM E.
 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
USAM000008528 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35201		 USAM
Rhexia lutea Walter
AUA_ACC_17362 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 ELLIS, H.C.
86		 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
AUA_ACC_32273 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 KRAL, ROBERT
35819		 AUA
RHEXIA LUTEA WALT.
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