Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia brachiata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Rose-pink at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia brachiata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-004:
Sabatia brachiata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Rose-pink, Narrowleaf Rose-gentian, Narrowleaf Sabatia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sabr9_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wilsbrachiata_180627_2514
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Flowers at ends of branches forming a more or less cylindrical inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wilsbrachiata_180627_2518
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Will Stuart wilsbrachiata_180701_0318
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Basal rosette leaves present during flowering; stems generally not winged, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Will Stuart wilsbrachiata_180701_0352
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Petals pink to rosy pink (occasionally white) w yellow bases outlined in red, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia brachiata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia brachiata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-004:
Sabatia brachiata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
3044
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in mesic pinelands, sandhills, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink to darker rose
(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!
- Gentians of the Eastern US p158
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p229
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p187
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p125
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p080