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Melastomataceae
Meadow Beauty
Rhexia virginica
Delicate charm.
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Rhexia
- Native to
- Eastern North America
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- herbaceous
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- moist, acidic, sandy
- Water
- moderate to high
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The bright yellow, curved stamens resemble tiny bananas, creating a striking contrast with the pink petals.
- Meadow beauty is one of the very few members of the tropical Melastomataceae family found in temperate North America.
- The urn-shaped seed capsules are so distinctive and attractive that they are sometimes used in dried flower arrangements.
- Each flower lasts only one day, but plants produce a succession of blooms over several weeks throughout summer.
- The species thrives in wet pine savannas and bog margins, habitats that depend on periodic fire to remain open.
Color meanings
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delicate beauty
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charm
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gentleness