Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sabatia calycina
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coastal Rose-pink at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia calycina
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-009:
Sabatia calycina
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sabbatia calycina
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Rose-pink, Coastal Rose-gentian
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Keith Bradley kab_s_calycina_04411
June Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Calyx lobes foliaceous, frequently equaling or exceeding corolla lobes, per Gentians of the Eastern US.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sabatia calycina
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia calycina
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-009:
Sabatia calycina
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sabbatia calycina
4122
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain
Look for it in swamp forests, on river banks, 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
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale pink to whitish
Radially symmetrical
5-6(7) lobed foliaceous calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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