NameThatPlant.net: Sabatia foliosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia dodecandra var. foliosa FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010a?:

Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabbatia foliosa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabbatia harperi

COMMON NAME:
Blackwater Rose-pink, Marsh Rose-gentian

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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_foliosa

July

Resembling S. dodecandra, but 1) leaves longer than internodes 2) stolons, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia dodecandra var. foliosa FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010a?:
Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia foliosa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia harperi

3605

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Openings along blackwater rivers, cypress ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in SC, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (basal rosette absent or withered at flowering)
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
6-10 lobed calyx
10(+)lobed rotate corolla

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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