NameThatPlant.net: Sabatia capitata

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia capitata FAMILY Gentianaceae

COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Rose-gentian, Appalachian Rose-gentian

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia capitata FAMILY Gentianaceae

3776

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Sloping woodlands and meadows, over sandstone or shale, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & apparently North Carolina

Rare in GA (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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
Pale pink or white with a yellow eye
Radially symmetrical
7-12 lobed campanulate calyx subtended by two bracts
7-12 lobed rotate corolla

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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