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MELASTOMATACEAE - - Melastome Family
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Wet pine flatwoods and savannas, wet meadows, ditches, and wet roadsides. Allegedly merging into R. mariana var. mariana from FL westward, var. exalbida appears quite distinct in NC. The white flowers and linear leaves are diagnostic.
Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.
Guide to the Wildflowers, Trees and Shrubs of North Georgia and Adjacent States
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