Sabatia quadrangula |
Sabatia gentianoides |
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branching sabatia, four-angle sabatia, fourangle rose gentian |
pinewoods rose-gentian, spider rose-gentian |
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Habit | Herbs biennial. | Herbs annual. |
Stems | usually single, occasionally 2–several, 4-angled with wings 0.1–0.5 mm wide, 1.5–5(–7.5) dm, branching all opposite or secondary and/or tertiary occasionally alternate. |
single, terete or slightly 4-ridged but not angled or winged, 1.5–5(–6.5) dm, branching opposite or alternate. |
Leaves | basal and cauline or only cauline present at flowering time; basal blades spatulate-obovate; cauline blades linear-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 0.8–2.5(–6) cm × 3–8(–18) mm. |
cauline and often also basal present at flowering time; basal blades widely oblong-spatulate; cauline blades abruptly differentiated, linear, 1–10 cm × 1–3 mm. |
Inflorescences | cymes of compact cymules; pedicels 1–2(–4) mm. |
flowers solitary or in dense, few-flowered clusters, sessile. |
Flowers | 5-merous; calyx tube widely obconic to campanulate, 1.5–3(–3.5) mm, mid- and commissural veins about equally prominent, low-ridged, lobes linear-subulate or rarely wider, 2–8(–11) mm; corolla white throughout (sometimes drying yellow or salmon) or occasionally with a yellow eye, projections of eye into corolla lobes, when present, triangular, without a contrasting border, tube 2.5–7 mm, lobes oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate-obovate, 4.5–15 × 1.5–6 mm, apex rounded to obtuse; anthers coiling circinately. |
7–12-merous; calyx tube widely campanulate, 3–8 mm, not ridged, lobes setaceous, 3–17 mm; corolla pink, eye greenish yellow, projections of eye into corolla tube oblong, without a border, tube 6–10 mm, lobes oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate-obovate, 12–30 × 4–11 mm, apex rounded to obtuse; anthers slightly twisting helically, not coiling circinately. |
2n | = 32, 34. |
= 28. |
Sabatia quadrangula |
Sabatia gentianoides |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering late spring–fall. |
Habitat | Fields, open pine woods, granite outcrops. | Open wet pine woods, pine savannas, wet meadows, roadsides. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | 0–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; NC; SC; VA
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AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX
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Discussion | The name Sabatia paniculata (Michaux) Pursh was misapplied to this species for many years but is typified by a specimen of S. difformis (R. L. Wilbur 1955). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The name spider rose-gentian is derived from the appearance of the involucre subtending each solitary flower or cluster of a few flowers, which comprises two to four or more closely spaced pairs of narrowly linear leaves. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Gentianaceae > Sabatia | Gentianaceae > Sabatia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lapithea gentianoides | |
Name authority | Wilbur: Rhodora 57: 22. (1955) | Elliott: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 286. (1817) — (as Sabbatia) |
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