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Sabatia campanulata

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Sabatia campanulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Sabatia
Species:
S. campanulata
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

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Sabatia campanulata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Sabatia campanulata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  4. ^ GoBotany, New England Wildflower Society