Melastomataceae

Handsome Harry

Rhexia virginica L.

Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Rhexia

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Handsome Harry

Synonyms

Rhexia alata F.Dietr.
Rhexia purshii Spreng.
Rhexia septemnervia Walter
Rhexia stricta Pursh
Rhexia virginica var. purshii (Spreng.) C.W.James
Rhexia virginica var. septemnervia (Walter) Pursh
Rhexia virginica var. virginica

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maddy Graves, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stephan Gronau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 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.