NameThatPlant.net: Sabatia gentianoides

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY Gentianaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Pinewoods Rose-gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-011:

Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY Gentianaceae

COMMON NAME:
Pinewoods Rose-gentian, Pinewoods Rose-pink

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-011:
Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY Gentianaceae

3056

Forb
Perennial?

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & basal
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Medium to deep pink with a yellow eye
Radially symmetrical
10-lobed calyx
8-12 lobed rotate corolla

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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