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Rhexia virginica
Also called Virginia Meadow Beauty, Common Meadowbeauty, Virginia Meadowbeauty, Common Meadow Beauty
Rhexia virginica, the handsome Harry or Virginia meadow-beauty, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to much of eastern North America, and is often found in moist, often acidic soils in open areas.
R. virginica has been found in eastern US from Florida to Maine, and north to Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Savannah meadowbeauty · Awnpetal meadowbeauty · Yellow meadowbeauty · Maryland meadowbeauty · Nuttall's meadowbeauty · Meadowbeauty
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhexia virginica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
