Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Four-angle Sabatia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-002:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Four-angle Sabatia, Four-angle Rose-gentian
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JK Marlow jkm100707_016
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Corolla lobes usually pure white, rarely with a patch of yellow at base, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm100707_019
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Corolla lobes oblong or spatulate, usually with obtuse tips, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm100707_023
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stem strongly quadrate in cross-section and strikingly winged on the angles, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-002:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
3529
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in sandhills, moist forests, pocosin ecotones. , 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, sometimes basal
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
(rarely with a yellow eye)
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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