Index / Search / Rhexia virginica
§1 Plant
Rhexia virginica L.
vernacular handsome Harry — species · Melastomataceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Melastomataceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhexia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 598 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 598 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Atkinson 13003
- Baker 13007
- Barrow 13013
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dade 13083
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Douglas 13097
- Early 13099
- Effingham 13103
- Fannin 13111
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Pike 13231
- Rabun 13241
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Walker 13295
- Ware 13299
Illinois view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Harrison 21097
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Franklin 22041
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Choctaw 28019
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Marion 28091
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Ashe 37009
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- New Hanover 37129
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6370198 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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