Sabatia campanulata
| 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
- ^ NRCS. "Sabatia campanulata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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
