Rhexia aristosa is an erect, herbaceous perennial that grows to 1 meter tall.
Compounded with the continuing effects of these activities—erosion, sedimentation, increased nutrient input, and herbicide and pesticide runoff—it is clear that this species requires careful monitoring and protection.
Thunhorst, Gwendolyn A. The seed bank as a buffer to change in population size, distribution, and genetic composition in the rare plant Rhexia aristosa at Antioch Church Bay with implications to conservation.
Native Plant Information Network - Rhexia mariana(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Comments: Pale Meadow Beauty is a member of the meadow beauty family (family Melastomaceae), which includes herbs, trees and shrubs, with flowers generally in clusters.
There are about 175 genera and 3,000 species, mostly in tropical regions, particularly South America, but Rhexia is native to the United States and Cuba.
Rhexia mariana in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Meadow Beauty - Description of Meadow Beauty(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Meadow Beauty (Rhexia) - R. virginica is a beautiful dwarf bog plant with vivid, deep rosy flowers 6 or 8 inches high, in sandy swamps in New England and the Eastern States, and is found as far west as Illinois and Wisconsin.
Mariana is even scarcer in this country than R. virginica, and less important, growing in drier places.
The Rhexias must not be divided much, and healthy tufts should be obtained from their native localities and planted in a sandy peat bed.