Information about the sole species of the melastoma family (Melastomataceae)
that grows without cultivation on Mount Desert Island

 compiled by the
Champlain Project - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748

(updated 18 July 2011)


Melastomataceae - melastoma family

Mount Desert Island is home to 1 species in 1 genus. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.
   Rhexia (1 species)
      Rhexia virginica - Virginia meadow-beauty (uncommon [see note 1 at bottom of page])





Rhexia (meadow-beauty)
[information to be added]

Rhexia virginica (Virginia meadow-beauty) [information to be added]
  

Note:
   1. Frequency designations are from the paper "Vascular flora of the Acadia National Park region, Maine" by Craig W. Greene, Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber, published in the spring 2005 issue (vol. 107, No. 930) of Rhodora: Journal of the New England Botanical Club.