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]
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
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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
- 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
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