Sabatia dodecandra (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Common name: Perennial Sea-pink, Large Marsh Rose-pink. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Tidal brackish and freshwater marshes. Distribution: CT south to e. SC and e. GA (Sorrie 1998b); disjunct in Panhandle FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = F, FNA14, Tat, Va; = Sabatia dodecandra (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. dodecandra — C, GW2, K4, NE, Wilbur (1955); = Sabbatia dodecandra Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. — S, S13; < Sabatia dodecandra (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — Fl5; < Sabatia dodecandra (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. dodecandra — NY, RAB; Chironia dodecandra Linnaeus — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Sabatia dodecandra - FNA14
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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© Alan Cressler: Sabatia dodecandra, Unadilla Pond, Dooly County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial from a short rhizome, found in tidal brackish and freshwater marshes.
Stems: Stem vaguely 4-angled, with alternate branches above the middle, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped, to 1 1/2 in. long; a basal rosette of leaves is sometimes present.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in an open, few-flowered panicle; bright pink; to 2 in. wide; consisting of 8-11 spreading, oblong-oval petals with basal markings that create a red-outlined yellow star in the flower center and 8-11 shorter, linear to spoon-shaped sepals.
Fruits: Fruit an ovoid to ellipsoid capsule.
Comments:
Height: 12-27 in.
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description: Erect perennial from a short rhizome, found in tidal brackish and freshwater marshes.
stems: Stem vaguely 4-angled, with alternate branches above the middle, smooth.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, elliptic to lance-shaped, to 1 1/2 in. long; a basal rosette of leaves is sometimes present.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in an open, few-flowered panicle; bright pink; to 2 in. wide; consisting of 8-11 spreading, oblong-oval petals with basal markings that create a red-outlined yellow star in the flower center and 8-11 shorter, linear to spoon-shaped sepals.
fruits: Fruit an ovoid to ellipsoid capsule.
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