Rhexia mariana L.

PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Rhexia mariana L.
Det.: S.R. Hill, (ILLS) 2002 Melastomataceae
ILLINOIS: WILLIAMSON COUNTY: 37° 48’ 40”
N. Lat. 089° 00’ 20” W. Long. T. 8 S., R. 2 E„ NW 1/4
SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 section 20. 320 m (1050 ft)
south of East Herrin Street (1500N), 121 m (400 ft)
west of Bandyville Road (800E), at base of low
drainage slope. Herrin, IL 7.5 min. quadrangle. Farm
pond, silt and sand, mudflats.
Margin of pond at west side of soybean field, with
Lycopus rubellus, L. americanus, Polygonum
hydropiperoides, P. punctatum. Petals rose-pink,
stamens yellow; flowers in vertical plane; locally
common rhizomatous perennial up to 0.5 meter tall
forming colonies.
Steven R. Hill 34970
29 August 2002
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