NameThatPlant.net: Sabatia angularis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

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

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Read more about Rose-pink at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia angularis FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-005:

Sabatia angularis FAMILY Gentianaceae

COMMON NAME:
Rose-pink, Bitterbloom, Common Marsh-pink, American Centaury

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia angularis FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-005:
Sabatia angularis FAMILY Gentianaceae

1292

Forb
Annual

Habitat: forests, woodlands, marshes, fields, calcareous hammocks (in FL), especially in base-rich situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, sometimes basal
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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