Wild Florida Photo
Nature Photography by Paul Rebmann
Click on the thumbnail to open the full size photo.
Click any of the thumbnails above to view the full sized photo in a lightbox.
Once opened, click on the right or left side of the images to scroll through the other images above.
Rhexia alifanus
SAVANNAH MEADOWBEAUTY
TALL MEADOW BEAUTY
Florida native
This perennial grows up to one meter tall in savannas, flatwoods and bogs throughout much of the panhandle plus northeast Florida down to Orange County. The range also includes the southeastern coastal states from Texas to North Carolina.
The four rose lavendar pedals sit atop an urn-shaped base covered with glandular hairs. Savannah meadowbeauty has four sepals and like many of the Rhexia species, has curved anthers over 5mm long. The stem and leaves of R. alifanus are glabrous and the seeds are wedge-shaped.
Rhexia alifanus is a member of the Melastomataceae - Melastome family.
Other species of this genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
View Rhexia mariana - MARYLAND MEADOWBEAUTY
View Rhexia parviflora - WHITE MEADOWBEAUTY
View Rhexia nuttallii - NUTTALL'S MEADOWBEAUTY
View Rhexia petiolata - FRINGED MEADOWBEAUTY
View Rhexia virginica - HANDSOME HARRY
View Rhexia cubensis - WEST INDIAN MEADOWBEAUTY
Florida Wildflowers: A Comprehensive Guide
Walter Kingsley TaylorWalter Taylor's guide will help readers recognize and identify wildflowers by where they're most likely to be found growing - their natural habitat.
Purchases made by clicking the image link below help support this website
This guide is an updated and expanded version of Florida Wildflowers in their Natural Communities. The number of species is doubled, to more than 450, with updated taxonomy, and now wetlands habitats are included.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified:
May 22, 2005