Sabatia campanulata
Appearance
Sabatia campanulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Genus: | Sabatia |
Species: | S. campanulata
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Binomial name | |
Sabatia campanulata |
Sabatia campanulata, commonly known as the slender rose gentian[1] or slender marsh-pink, is an herbaceous plant in the gentian family. It is native to the primarily to the southeastern United States.[2]
This species is most abundant in coastal areas. Its natural habitat is open, moist, acidic areas such as bogs, seeps, and pine savannas.[3] Populations extend northward, and become increasingly rare, up the Atlantic Coast to Massachusetts.[4]
It is a perennial that produces pink flowers in the summer.
References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sabatia campanulata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Sabatia campanulata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
- ^ GoBotany, New England Wildflower Society