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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia angularis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia angularis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-005:
Sabatia angularis FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia angularis
COMMON NAME:
Rose-pink, Bitterbloom, Common Marsh-pink, American Centaury
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_saan_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_saan_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8667
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm060729_040
July Greenville County SC
Field
Flowers rose-pink, rarely white, w greenish-yellow centers outlined in red, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm060729_052
July Greenville County SC
Field
Leaves opposite, spreading to ascending, sessile and often clasping, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm060729_056
July Greenville County SC
Field
A triangular blotch at the base of each lobe creates a 5-pointed star, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm060729_122
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8775
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9261
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9295
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_angularis_7
July
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Ron Lance rwl_20180720_103844931
July Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060813_346
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4246
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230805_4714
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_angularis
August
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JK Marlow jkm150912_056
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
S. angularis is so-named because its stem is 4-angled and sharply winged, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_057
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Calyx lobes linear to narrowly lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_058
September Clay County NC
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JK Marlow jkm150912_994
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Corollas occasionally have 6 lobes, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3242
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3243
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm061028_004
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Capsule ellipsoid, 6-10 mm long, angles not winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s071020_x
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Steve Marlow snm151116_044
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The capsule (a dry dehiscent fruit developed from 2+ carpels) is ellipsoid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia angularis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia angularis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-005:
Sabatia angularis
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia angularis
1292
Forb
Annual
Habitat: forests, woodlands, marshes, fields, calcareous hammocks (in FL), especially in base-rich situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, sometimes basal
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink
(rarely white), with a yellow eye bordered in red
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p244
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p086
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p150
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p166
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p126
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p211
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p270
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p298
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p270
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p317
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p366
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p064
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p195
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p215
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p187
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p223
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p125
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p080
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