''Sabatia campanulata'', commonly known as the slender rose gentian or slender marsh-pink, is an herbaceous plant in the
gentian family
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species.
Etymology
The family takes its name from the genus ''Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius.
Distribution
Distribution is cosmopolitan.
Characteristi ...
. It is native to the primarily to the southeastern United States.
This species is most abundant in coastal areas. Its natural habitat is open, moist, acidic areas such as bogs, seeps, and pine savannas.
Populations extend northward, and become increasingly rare, up the Atlantic Coast to Massachusetts.
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It is a perennial that produces pink flowers in the summer.
References
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campanulata
Flora of Northern America