Melastomataceae
False meadowbeauty
Pterolepis glomerata
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Pterolepis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- False meadowbeauty
Synonyms
- Arthrostema angusturense DC.
- Arthrostema capitatum Naudin
- Arthrostema salzmannii Naudin
- Arthrostemma angusturense (Rich.) Naudin
- Arthrostemma angusturense DC.
- Arthrostemma brachyandrum Cham.
- Arthrostemma glomeratum (Rottb.) Cham.
- Chaetogastra callichaeta Benth.
- Chaetogastra glomerata (Rottb.) Benth.
- Chaetogastra sherardioides DC.
- Osbeckia glomerata (Rottb.) DC.
- Osbeckia glomerata var. albiflora DC.
- Osbeckia maritima A.St.-Hil.
- Osbeckia sipaneoides DC.
- Pterolepis capitata Miq.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. angustifolia Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. angusturensis (Humb. & Bonpl.) Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. brachyandra (Cham.) Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. glaziovii Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. longifolia Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. martiana Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. microphylla Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. peruviana Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. saldanhaei Cogn.
- Pterolepis glomerata var. sherarioides (DC.) Cogn.
- Pterolepis hostmannii Steud.
- Pterolepis maritima (A.St.-Hil.) Cogn.
- Pterolepis maritima var. genuina Cogn.
- Pterolepis maritima var. robusta Cogn.
- Pterolepis paludosa Cogn.
- Pterolepis salzmannii Cogn.
- Pterolepis sipaneoides Cogn.
- Rhexia angusturensis Rich.
- Rhexia capitata Rich.
- Rhexia glomerata Rottb.
- Tetrameris brachyandra (Cham.) Naudin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos

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Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.