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yellow meadowbeauty, yellow or golden meadow beauty

swollen meadow beauty

Caudices

developed;

roots short, fibrous, lignescent, non-tuberiferous.

not developed;

roots often long and rhizomelike, lignescent, non-tuberiferous.

Stems

branched proximally, 10–40 cm, faces subequal, flat to convex, 4-angled distally from midstem, internodes and nodes hirsute, hairs eglandular.

unbranched or few- to several-branched distally, 25–80 cm, faces subequal, angles sharp, without wings or very narrowly winged, internodes and nodes hirsute-villous, hairs gland-tipped.

Leaves

subsessile;

blade spatulate to oblanceolate or elliptic, 2–3 cm × 2–8 mm, 2 lateral veins marginal on narrower leaves, margins subentire to shallowly serrate, surfaces loosely strigose, hairs yellowish.

sessile, subsessile, or petiole 0.5–1.5 mm;

blade broadly to narrowly elliptic to ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 2–6 cm × 10–20 mm, margins serrate to serrulate, surfaces loosely strigose to strigose-hirsute or villous.

Inflorescences

diffuse, not obscured by bracts.

diffuse, not obscured by bracts.

Flowers

hypanthium globose, much longer than the constricted neck, 6–7 mm, hirsute to villous, eglandular;

calyx lobes triangular, apices aristate;

petals ascending, golden-yellow, 1–1.5 cm;

anthers straight, 2 mm.

hypanthium ovoid to subglobose, about as long as the constricted neck, 6–10 mm, hirsute-villous, glabrous, or glabrate, hairs gland-tipped;

calyx lobes narrowly triangular, apices acute to acuminate, narrowed to linear-oblong extensions;

petals spreading, bright lavender-rose,1.2–1.5 cm;

anthers curved, 5–8 mm.

Seeds

0.7 mm, surfaces with few straight ridges of papillae along crest, sides with lower, more scattered papillae or ± smooth.

0.5–0.7 mm, surfaces with papillae in concentric rows.

2n

= 44.

= 44.

Rhexia lutea

Rhexia ventricosa

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, slash pine scrub, cypress pond margins, seepage slopes, bogs, clearings, openings, sandy peat. Pine flatwoods and savannas, clearings in cypress-hardwood swamps, ditches, wet roadsides.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX
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from FNA
DE; MD; NC; NJ; SC; VA
Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Melastomataceae > Rhexia Melastomataceae > Rhexia
Sibling taxa
R. alifanus, R. aristosa, R. cubensis, R. interior, R. mariana, R. nashii, R. nuttallii, R. parviflora, R. petiolata, R. salicifolia, R. ventricosa, R. virginica
R. alifanus, R. aristosa, R. cubensis, R. interior, R. lutea, R. mariana, R. nashii, R. nuttallii, R. parviflora, R. petiolata, R. salicifolia, R. virginica
Synonyms R. mariana var. ventricosa
Name authority Walter: Fl. Carol., 130. (1788) Fernald & Griscom: Rhodora 37: 172, plate 346, figs. 1–4. (1935)
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