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Sabatia Pyriformis
''Sabatia'', the rose gentians, is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern and central North America ( Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin and New Mexico, and south to Florida and Texas), Central America, and the Caribbean.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 4: 157. Macmillan . They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 10–130 cm tall, with opposite leaves. The flowers are produced in large cymes at the top of the stems; the flower corolla has 5–12 lobes, colored pink or white, with a contrasting central yellow 'eye'. The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds. Selected species Source: USDA, Arkansas Native Plant SocietyWitsell, T. (2005). Pelton's Rose-Gentian. ''Claytonia'' 25 (2): 3pdf file *''Sabatia angularis'' *''Sabatia arenicola'' *''Sabatia arkansana'' *''Sabatia bartramii'' *''Sabatia brachiata'' *''Sabatia brevifolia'' *''Sabatia calycina'' *''Sab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabatia Angularis
''Sabatia angularis'', commonly called rosepink, rose pink, square-stem rose pink or rose gentain is a biennial flowering plant in the Gentianaceae (gentain) family. It is native to central and eastern North America. Description ''S. angularis'' grows tall, although in the first year this biennial plant appears only as a low rosette of leaves. In the second year, one or more stems rise from the basal leaves. The stems are 4-sided, appearing as a square in cross section, and glabrous, with flexible, thin wings on the edges. The lower part of the main stem is unbranched, with branches growing primarily from leaf nodes on the upper part. The leaves are opposite, simple, entire (without teeth), glabrous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, and measure up to about long and wide. The plant blooms from June to September with fragrant pink (occasionally white) flowers that are up to across. The flowers have 5 petal-like obovate lobes. Yellowish triangular markings on the inner edge of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |