''Sabatia campestris'' (Texas star;United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
''Sabatia campestris''
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Sabatia ''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 A ...

'', native to the south-central

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, from

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east to

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and north to

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and

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. It is also locally

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.Enser, R. W. (2004). New England Plant Conservation Program ''Sabatia stellaris'' Pursh (Sea pink) Conservation and Research Plan for New Englan
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''Sabatia campestris'' is an

annual plant An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. The length of growing seasons and period in which they take place vary according to geographical ...

growing to tall with pairs of

opposite leaves In botany, phyllotaxis () or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. Phyllotactic spirals form a distinctive class of patterns in nature. Leaf arrangement The basic arrangements of leaves on a stem are opposite and alternat ...

8–40 mm long and 5–20 mm wide. The

flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...

s are produced in open, long-stalked

cymes An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed on ...

at the top of the stems; the flower corolla is about 40 mm diameter, with five pink (rarely white) lobes with bluntly acute apices, and a contrasting bright yellow central 'eye'; they are hermaphrodite (contain both male and female organs). The

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

is a capsule containing numerous small seeds.Herbarium of Louisiana State University
''Sabatia campestris'' collections
/ref>Pringle, J. S., & Witsell, T. (2005). A new species of ''Sabatia'' (Gentianaceae) from Saline County, Arkansas. ''Sida'' 21 (3): 1249-126
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Habitat

Its natural habitats are sandy prairies, woodland edges, and stream banks.

Cultivation and uses

''Sabatia campestris'' is cultivated as an

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that i ...

in gardens, where it requires moist soil and partial to full sun. It can be used for medical purposes as an anti-periodic and tonic. It is also possible to obtain a

herbal tea Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US , US also ), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water. Oftentimes herb tea, or the plain term ...

from the plant.

References

External links

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in the Republic of Texas in 1843
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7395937 campestris Flora of the United States Plants described in 1836 Medicinal plants of North America