Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia gentianoides
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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
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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
3056
Forb
Perennial?
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in pine savannas, 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 & 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 p087
- Gentians of the Eastern US p180
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p270
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p380
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p064