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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia kennedyana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Plymouth Rose-gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia kennedyana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010c:
Sabatia dodecandra var. kennedyana FAMILY Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Plymouth Rose-gentian, Plymouth Gentian
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JK Marlow jkm100612_024
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
9-12 corolla lobes, obovate to spatulate, usually overlapping, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm100612_028
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
Corolla lobes with a 3-pointed, oblong yellow patch at their base, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm100612_033
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
Its 2-5cm long leaves are narrow and arrayed oppositely along the stem, per www.centerforplantconservation.org.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_kennedyana4
July? MA
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia kennedyana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia kennedyana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010c:
Sabatia dodecandra var. kennedyana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
3436
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Seasonally exposed drawdown banks of the Waccamaw River, in adjacent ditches and disturbed flats (in se. NC and ne. SC), and very rarely on shores of beaver ponds (in e. VA, by introduction), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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
Pink
with a yellow eye sometimes bordered in red
Radially symmetrical
9-12 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 (Drake, 2011) p184
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p444
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p471
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