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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia gentianoides
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lapithea gentianoides
COMMON NAME:
Pinewoods Rose-gentian, Pinewoods Rose-pink
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Andy Walker bas_sgentianoides1_walker
August Onslow County NC
Flowers in a headlike cluster (vs. other Coastal Plain Sabatia's solitary), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Andy Walker bas_sgentianoides1walkerb
August Onslow County NC
A group of 1-5 flowers, sessile or subsessile. Linear bracts exceed corolla, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lapithea gentianoides
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p087
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p180
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p270
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p383
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p380
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p064
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p215
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