Maryland Meadow-beauty

Rhexia mariana

Good

Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 88%

Height: 2–3 feet
Light: Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture: Usually moist

Rhexia mariana — flower photograph — no rights reserved · CC0 · Original photograph

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Rhexia

Chloridea subflexaSubflexus Straw, Groundcherry Sun Moth
Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

8BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Rhexia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Melastomataceae
Hardiness: Zones 6a–9b
Soil pH: Acidic
Flower color: Pink, purple or white

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Pink, purple or white” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs)
Hardiness · “Zones 6a–9b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “2–3 feet” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differs) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; Tennessee Smart Yards, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center differ)
Soil pH · “Acidic” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Maryland Meadow Beauty; Pale Meadow Beauty

Conservation status

West Virginia rank	S1
Global rank	G5
WV status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Growing cautions

Spreads by rhizomes. Spreads by rhizomes. Tennessee Smart Yards

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