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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia foliosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia dodecandra var. foliosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010a?:
Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra FAMILY Gentianaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia foliosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia harperi
COMMON NAME:
Blackwater Rose-pink, Marsh Rose-gentian
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_sabatia_foliosa
July
Resembling S. dodecandra, but 1) leaves longer than internodes 2) stolons, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia foliosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia dodecandra var. foliosa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010a?:
Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia foliosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia harperi
3605
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Openings along blackwater rivers, cypress ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in SC, rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (basal rosette absent or withered at flowering)
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
6-10 lobed calyx
10(+)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) p176
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p445
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p217
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