PLANTS Profile for Rhexia aristosa (awnpetal meadowbeauty)

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Rhexia aristosa Britton
awnpetal meadowbeauty

Symbol:

RHAR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Melastomataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 583. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Distribution:
Rhexia aristosa Britton


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Related Taxa:
Rhexia aristosa Britton

View 23 genera in Melastomataceae, 12 species in Rhexia

Classification:
Rhexia aristosa Britton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Melastomataceae – Melastome family
Genus	Rhexia L. – meadowbeauty
Species	Rhexia aristosa Britton – awnpetal meadowbeauty

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhexia aristosa Britton

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
awned meadow-beauty		Endangered
North Carolina:
awned meadow-beauty		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Rhexia aristosa Britton

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhexia aristosa Britton

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27688.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 08:24 PM CDT