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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Four-angle Sabatia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-002:
Sabatia quadrangula FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia paniculata
COMMON NAME:
Four-angle Sabatia, Four-angle Rose-gentian
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JK Marlow jkm100707_016
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Corolla lobes usually pure white, rarely with a patch of yellow at base, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm100707_019
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Corolla lobes oblong or spatulate, usually with obtuse tips, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm100707_023
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stem strongly quadrate in cross-section and strikingly winged on the angles, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-01-002:
Sabatia quadrangula
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sabbatia paniculata
3529
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, moist forests, pocosin ecotones, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, sometimes basal
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
(rarely with a yellow eye)
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011) p190
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p376
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p217
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p166
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