NameThatPlant.net: Sabatia calycina

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

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

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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

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Rose-pink, Coastal Rose-gentian

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

4122

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, river banks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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

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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