MELASTOMATACEAE - - Melastome Family

Rhexia alifanus Walter — Smooth Meadow-beauty

Habitat:

Pine flatwoods and savannas, pocosin borders, more able to tolerate merely moist soils than other Rhexia species. Our tallest and showiest Rhexia: the unbranched (unless injured), wand-like stems, with strongly ascending, bluish-green, generally entire leaves make this species unmistakable.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].