Rhexia ventricosa Fernald & Griscom
Detail
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Botanical Name
- Rhexia ventricosa Fernald & Griscom
- Common Name
- Swollen Meadow Beauty
- Synonym(s)
- Rhexia mariana L. var. ventricosa (Fernald & Griscom) Kral & Bostick
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Rhexia ventricosa Fern & Grisc.
- Comments
- Considered Rhexia mariana var. ventricosa by Kral and Bostick; recognized here as a species based on its unambiguous morphology and uniformity throughout SE Va.
- Habitat
- Wet flatwoods, bogs, boggy clearings, ditches, wet roadsides. Frequent in the s. Coastal Plain, south of the James River, extending infrequently into the adjacent Piedmont and n. Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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