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Melastomataceae

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata (Rottb.) Miq.

Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Pterolepis

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False meadowbeauty: Pterolepis glomerata - MELASTOMATACEAE Cavalcante - Goiás - Brasil.
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.