Meadow-beauty

Rhexia spp.
Wildflower in moist garden. Forms colonies.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Wet prairie, cutthroat seep, wet flatwoods, wet roadsides, wetland transition zones.

There are several species most with similar culture in garden settings. In the wild, they differ in specific site tolerance and have different natural settings.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Attracts bees and small butterflies. Bees, including Augochloropsis anoizyina and Bombus impatiens have been documented on pale meadow beauty (Deyrup et al. 2002).