Flora of North America species comparison

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Sabatia grandiflora

large-flower marsh-pink or sea-pink or rose-gentian, largeflower rose gentian
Habit Herbs annual.
Stems

single, terete, 1.5–9(–11) dm, branching alternate.
Leaves

all cauline at flowering time;

blade mostly linear, 1–5 cm × 0.5–2 mm or those near base to 5 mm wide, distal leaves filiform.
Inflorescences

open, few-flowered cymes or solitary flowers;

pedicels (20–)40–120 mm.
Flowers

5-merous;

calyx tube campanulate, 6–25(–30) mm, midveins slightly more prominent than commissural veins, veins not ridged or midveins low-ridged, lobes subulate to linear;

corolla pink or occasionally white, eye yellow, projections of eye into corolla lobes oblong, usually with red border, tube 3–8 mm, lobes narrowly to medium-widely obovate, (13–)17–30 × 5–15 mm, apex rounded to subacute;

anthers coiling circinately.
2n

 = 36.

Sabatia grandiflora
Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Marshes, shores, and wet, open pine and cypress woods.
Elevation 0–60 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; West Indies (Cuba)
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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. capitata, S. decandra, S. difformis, S. dodecandra, S. foliosa, S. formosa, S. gentianoides, S. kennedyana, S. macrophylla, S. quadrangula, S. stellaris
Synonyms S. gracilis var. grandiflora
Name authority (A. Gray) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 928. (1903) — (as Sabbatia)
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