Rhexia mariana var. exalbida Michx.

PLANTS OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.
RHEXIA MARIANA L. var. EXALBIDA Michaux
Melastomataceae
SUMTER COUNTY: Petals white, bright and conspicuous;
much-branched herbs, very leafy/bushy, occasional here on
slightly damp soil of otherwise drying down peaty-sandy
margin of a powerline r.o.w., with considerable R. cubensis, R.
nashii, Sacciolepis striata, Panicum verrucosum,
Dichanthelium acuminatum, Agalinis linifolia, Ludwigia
suffruticosa, Eupatorium recurvans, Euthamia minor; open
depression meadow within Carolina bay, NE quadrant of "Dry
Pond" on W portion of Poinsett Electronic Weapons Range,
off E side of SC 261, 5 air mi SSE of Wedgefield; 33.8244°N,
80.4986°W - Privateer 7.5' topo quad; elev. 200'.
John B. Nelson 23439	5 x 2002
A. C. Moore Herbarium (USCH)
University of South Carolina
03476066