''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
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(
Nova Scotia west to
Wisconsin and
New Mexico, and south to
Florida and
Texas),
Central America, and the
Caribbean
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[Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 4: 157. Macmillan .]
They are
annual or
perennial herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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plants growing to 10–130 cm tall, with
opposite leaves. The
flowers are produced in large
cymes
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at the top of the stems; the flower
corolla
Corolla may refer to:
*Corolla (botany), the petals of a flower, considered as a unit
*Toyota Corolla, an automobile model name
* Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown
* ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...
has 5–12 lobes, colored pink or white, with a contrasting central yellow 'eye'. The
fruit is a
capsule containing numerous small
seeds.
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Selected species
Source: USDA, Arkansas Native Plant Society[Witsell, T. (2005). Pelton's Rose-Gentian. ''Claytonia'' 25 (2): 3]
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*''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
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*''Sabatia arenicola
''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 ...
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*''Sabatia arkansana
''Sabatia arkansana'', commonly known as Pelton's rose gentian, is an herbaceous annual in the gentian family. It was discovered in 2001 in several glades of the Ouachita Mountains in Saline County, Arkansas by John Pelton, a retired mechanic ...
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*''Sabatia bartramii
''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 ...
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*''Sabatia brachiata
''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 ...
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*''Sabatia brevifolia
''Sabatia brevifolia'', commonly known as shortleaf or short-leaved rose gentian (or rose-gentian), narrowleaf or narrow-leaved sabatia, white marsh-pink or white sabatia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sabatia and the family Gentia ...
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*''Sabatia calycina
''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 ...
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*''Sabatia campanulata
''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
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*''Sabatia campestris
''Sabatia campestris'' (Texas star;United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile''Sabatia campestris''/ref> also prairie rose-gentian, prairie sabatia, meadow pinkPlants For A Future''Sabatia campestris''/ref>) is a species of ''Sabatia' ...
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*''Sabatia capitata
''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 ...
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*'' Sabatia difformis''
*''Sabatia dodecandra
''Sabatia dodecandra'', common names large marsh pink or marsh rose gentian, is a plant in the Gentianaceae family.
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut. ''
*'' Sabatia formosa''
*''Sabatia gentianoides
''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 ...
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*'' Sabatia grandiflora''
*''Sabatia kennedyana
''Sabatia kennedyana'' is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name Plymouth rose gentian. It is native to eastern North America. It has a disjunct distribution, occurring in Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Rhode Isl ...
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*'' Sabatia macrophylla''
*''Sabatia quadrangula
''Sabatia quadrangula'', the fourangle rose gentian or four-angle rose-gentian, is a flowering plant native to the eastern United States. It is found in pine savannas, flatwoods, shrub bog borders, ditches, and granite outcrops from Virginia sout ...
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*''Sabatia stellaris
''Sabatia stellaris'', with the common names rose of Plymouth, marsh pink, salt-marsh pink, and sea-pink; is a species of ''Sabatia''. It has the synonym ''Sabatia maculata'' (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f., ''Sabatia palmeri'' Gray, ''Sabatia purpusi ...
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Cultivation and uses
Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants in gardens.[
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References
External links
Gentianaceae genera
Flora of the Eastern United States
Flora of Eastern Canada
Flora of the Northeastern United States
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Taxa named by Michel Adanson
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