Savanna Meadow Beauty

Rhexia alifanus

Rhexia alifanus Meadow Beauty Rhexia alifanus Meadow Beauty

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Rhexia alifanus Meadow Beauty Rhexia alifanus Meadow Beauty

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Rhexia alifanus Meadow Beauty Rhexia alifanus Meadow Beauty



Savanna Meadow Beauty, also known as Smooth Meadow Beauty, is a very showy plant. Note the dried stems and urns (hypanthium) which remain from the previous summer. These plants were photographed near Shipyard Road, in South Mobile County, Alabama, in June.

Melastomataceae - Meadowbeauty family


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