Rhexia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rhexia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Rhexia (Greek, rupture, referring to its supposed properties of healing). Melastomaceae. Meadow Beauty. Low perennial often bristly herbs suitable for border and wild-garden planting. Leaves opposite, sessile or short-petioled: fls. terminal, solitary or cymose; calyx-tube urn-shaped, adherent to the ovary below, and continued above it, persistent, 4-cleft at the apex; petals 4, oblique, falling early: stamens 8: caps. 4-celled, with 4- to many-seeded placentae.—About 12 species, N. Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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