Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia capitata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cumberland Rose-gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia capitata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lapithea capitata
COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Rose-gentian, Appalachian Rose-gentian
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_capitata_cumberl_11
July
Corolla lobes have a semicircular yellow patch at the base, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_capitata_cumberl_30
July
Leaves 1-2" long, lanceolate with acute tips, sessile or somewhat clasping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_capitata_cumberl11b
July
Each flower subtended by two 1-2cm long, oblong to elliptic bracts, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_capitata_25
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_capitata_35
September
Corolla lobes elliptical or ovate to spatulate, tips usually rounded-obtuse, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sabatia capitata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia capitata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lapithea capitata
3776
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Native to Georgia & apparently North Carolina
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Look for it in sloping woodlands and meadows, over sandstone or shale, 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
Pale pink or white
with a yellow eye
Radially symmetrical
7-12 lobed campanulate calyx subtended by two bracts
7-12 lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US p168
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p223