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Nuttall's meadowbeauty

Rhexia nuttallii

Nuttall's meadowbeauty
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0

Nuttall's meadowbeauty is a small native perennial wildflower of the Melastome family, found in wet pine woodlands, flatwoods and pond edges in Georgia and Florida. It does best kept consistently moist in full sun or part shade.

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist to wet, especially during the growing season.
Soil
Moist, acidic, sandy or peaty soil, or a wet bog-type mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Georgia to Florida
Climate
subtropical

About

Rhexia nuttallii, commonly known as Nuttall's meadowbeauty, is a flowering plant species in the Melastomataceae family, native to Georgia and Florida in the United States. This perennial, which grows up to 35 cm (14 in), thrives in wet areas including pine woodlands, depressions, flatwoods, and along pond edges. It was named in honor of Thomas Nuttall.

Other Rhexia plants

Savannah meadowbeauty · Awnpetal meadowbeauty · Yellow meadowbeauty · Maryland meadowbeauty · Handsome Harry · Meadowbeauty

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhexia nuttallii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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