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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia campanulata   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-008:

Sabatia campanulata   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabbatia campanulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Marsh-pink, Slender Rose-gentian


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image of Sabatia campanulata, Slender Marsh-pink, Slender Rose-gentian

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_campanulata_slend_c

August        

Corolla lobes pink. Calyx lobes > 3/4× as long as the corolla lobes and sometimes exceeding them, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Sabatia campanulata, Slender Marsh-pink, Slender Rose-gentian

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6283

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Calyx lobes are erect to wide spreading, linear to narrowly linear, less than 0.5mm wide, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia campanulata   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-008:
Sabatia campanulata   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia campanulata

 

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3113

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, seeps, fens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink (rarely white), with a yellow eye bordered in dull red
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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