Native plant · MELASTOMATACEAE
Rhexia petiolata
FRINGED MEADOWBEAUTY; short-stemmed meadowbeauty
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Rhexia petiolata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Rhexia petiolata
- Family
- MELASTOMATACEAE
- Genus
- Rhexia
- Order
- MYRTALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACW (NWPL); FACW (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · Panhandle · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Pinellas; Flagler; Clay; Duval; Manatee; St. Johns; Hillsborough; Highlands; Polk; Walton; Wakulla; Pasco; Lake; Marion; Osceola; Calhoun; Orange; Volusia; Brevard; Hernando; Okeechobee; Holmes; Citrus; Santa Rosa; Liberty; Nassau; Okaloosa; Gulf; Hardee; DeSoto
Where documented in Florida
Pinellas; Flagler; Clay; Duval; Manatee; St. Johns; Hillsborough; Highlands; Polk; Walton; Wakulla; Pasco; Lake; Marion; Osceola; Calhoun; Orange; Volusia; Brevard; Hernando; Okeechobee; Holmes; Citrus; Santa Rosa; Liberty; Nassau; Okaloosa; Gulf; Hardee; DeSoto
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Rhexia
- Rhexia alifanus — SAVANNAH MEADOWBEAUTY
- Rhexia cubensis — WEST INDIAN MEADOWBEAUTY
- Rhexia lutea — YELLOW MEADOWBEAUTY
- Rhexia mariana — PALE MEADOWBEAUTY; MARYLAND MEADOWBEAUTY
- Rhexia nashii — MAID MARIAN
- Rhexia nuttallii — NUTTALL'S MEADOWBEAUTY
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.