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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia decandra
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia bartramii
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sabatia decandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010b:
Sabatia dodecandra var. coriacea FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia decandra
COMMON NAME:
Bartram's Rose-gentian
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_bartramii
July
Flowers rose-pink w 10-12 lobes, & greenish-yellow patch outlined in maroon, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_bartramii_3
July
Upper leaves ~ same width as stem, vs. those of S. dodecandra much wider, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_bartramii_52
July
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia decandra
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia bartramii
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sabatia decandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010b:
Sabatia dodecandra var. coriacea
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia decandra
3775
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Margins of Taxodium ascendens-Nyssa depressions, wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & basal rosette
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink
with a yellow eye
Radially symmetrical
10-13 lobed calyx
10(+)lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p156
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p445
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p064
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p215
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