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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010a:

Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sabbatia dodecandra

 

COMMON NAME:
Perennial Sea-pink, Large Marsh Rose-pink, Marsh Rose-gentian


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image of Sabatia dodecandra, Perennial Sea-pink, Large Marsh Rose-pink, Marsh Rose-gentian

John B. Nelson    jbn_7574233136_eb96107d41

July    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Resembling S. foliosa, but 1) leaves shorter than internodes 2) no stolons, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-010a:
Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia dodecandra

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2858

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Tidal brackish and freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (basal rosette absent or withered at flowering)
Leaves sessile
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Pink (rarely white), with a yellow eye sometimes bordered in red
Radially symmetrical
6-10 lobed calyx
10(+)lobed rotate corolla

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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