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Sabatia capitata

Appalachian rose-gentian, Cumberland rose-gentian
Habit Herbs annual.
Stems

single, terete or slightly 4-ridged but not angled or winged, 1.5–4.5(–7) dm, branching opposite or alternate.
Leaves

basal and cauline present at flowering time;

blade oblong to elliptic, 2–5(–7) cm × 7–20(–25) mm.
Inflorescences

heads, sessile.
Flowers

7–12-merous;

calyx tube widely campanulate, 3–6 mm, not ridged, lobes linear, 4–10 mm;

corolla pink or rarely white, eye pale yellow, projections of eye into corolla lobes semicircular, without a contrasting border, tube 5–7 mm, lobes narrowly spatulate-obovate, 12–25 × 5–13 mm, apex rounded;

anthers remaining straight or nearly so, not coiling.
2n

 = 76.

Sabatia capitata
Phenology Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat Open dry or mesic oak-hickory woods, sandstone regions.
Elevation 200–900 m. (700–3000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; TN
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Discussion

Sabatia capitata is endemic to the southernmost portions of the Cumberland Plateau and the Ridge and Valley Province in northern and central Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and southeastern Tennessee. An old specimen was labeled by a later recipient as being from North Carolina, but its provenance is uncertain.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Gentianaceae > Sabatia
Sibling taxa
S. angularis, S. arenicola, S. arkansana, S. brachiata, S. brevifolia, S. calycina, S. campanulata, S. campestris, S. decandra, S. difformis, S. dodecandra, S. foliosa, S. formosa, S. gentianoides, S. grandiflora, S. kennedyana, S. macrophylla, S. quadrangula, S. stellaris
Synonyms Pleienta capitata, Lapithea capitata
Name authority (Rafinesque) S. F. Blake: Rhodora 17: 54. (1915)
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