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Sabatia angularis

Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh

common marsh-pink, american centaury, bitter-bloom, rosepink

Image ID: 9518
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: SAAN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sabatia angularis
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-01-11

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: SABAT
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Sabatia
GENUS AUTHORITY: Adans.
GENUS COMMON: Rose gentian
GENUS SUMMARY: (contributed by B.A. Sorrie and A.S. Weakley)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Wilbur (1955)=Z.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: GENTIA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Gentianaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Gentian Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 87 genera and about 1650 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, cosmopolitan (Struwe & Albert 2002).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Ho & Liu (1999); Wood & Weaver (1982); Struwe & Albert (2002). [also see MENYANTHACEAE]

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Erect annual/biennial of forests, woodlands, marshes and fields, especially in base-rich situations.
STEMS: Stems 4-angled and winged, with opposite branches above middle, smooth.
LEAVES: Leaves opposite, sessile-clasping, oval to lance-shaped, to 2 in. long, smooth; a basal rosette of leaves is sometimes present.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers on long stalks in terminal, opposite-branched panicles; rose-pink (occasionally white); 1 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 5 corolla lobes with basal markings that create a red-rimmed, yellow-green star shape in the flower center. A long style from the green ovary is split in 2 at the top.
FRUITS: Fruit an angled, ovoid capsule.
COMMENTS: Flower buds have a distinctive “swirled” look due to the way the petals fold together in a spiral.
HEIGHT: 8-32 in.

DURATION: Annual
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Opposite
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Jun-Sep

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					x	x	x	x	x

BLOOM COLOR: Pink

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
		x

FRUITING PERIOD: Sep-Oct.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Bogs/pocosins, Disturbed, Moist forests
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
265	2011-0119	2011-06-16	270	View
4142	1992-0298			View
5658	1995-0782			View

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
270	HORT	2007-10-03	Bryan	View
938	SOS	2017-09-20	Healy	View
1739	HORT	2005-01-01	Bryan	View
2216	NPMD	2019-09-10	Touloupas	View
2248	NPMD	2019-09-20	Touloupas	View
2260	NPMD	2019-09-26	Touloupas	View
2261	NPMD	2019-09-26	Touloupas	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
642	265	28	NCBG staff	2011-05-17	View
643	265	29	NCBG staff	2011-05-17	View
644	265	24	NCBG staff	2011-05-17	View
645	265	15	NCBG staff	2011-05-17	View
646	265	17	NCBG staff	2011-05-17	View
647	265	21	NCBG staff	2011-05-17	View
648	265	19	NCBG staff	2011-05-12	View
649	265	39	NCBG staff	2011-05-13	View
6470	4142	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
8172	5658	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
13140	265	16	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: SAAN
USDA Common Name: Rosepink
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACW		FAC		FAC	FAC		FAC	FAC

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sabatia angularis
COMMON NAME: Bitter-bloom, Common Marsh-pink, American Centaury
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, GW, K, Mo, Pa, RAB, Va, W, WH3, WV, Z; = Sabbatia angularis -S]
PHENOLOGY: Jun-Sep; Sep-Oct.
HABITAT: Forests, woodlands, marshes, fields, calcareous hammocks (in FL), especially in base-rich situations.
COMMENTS: NY west to s. MI, IL, and e. KS, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
RANGE MAP: Sabatia angularis.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Gentianaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Gentian Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 87 genera and about 1650 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, cosmopolitan (Struwe & Albert 2002).
REFERENCE: Ho & Liu (1999); Wood & Weaver (1982); Struwe & Albert (2002). [also see MENYANTHACEAE]

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Sabatia Adans. (Rose gentian)
SUMMARY: (contributed by B.A. Sorrie and A.S. Weakley)
REFERENCE: Wilbur (1955)=Z.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Sabatia angularis in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Sabatia angularis in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Sabatia angularis in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Sabatia angularis in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Sabatia angularis in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Sabatia angularis

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 9518 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 9518 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 9518 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)