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Gentianaceae
Sabatia

not marked as a favorite taxon Sabatia difformis (Linnaeus) Druce. Common name: Lanceleaf Rose-gentian, White Sabatia. Phenology: May-Sep; Sep-Dec. Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs, cutthroat seepages, pocosins. Distribution: S. New Jersey south to c. peninsular Florida (Highlands and Sarasota counties), west to s. Alabama and s. Mississippi.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, Tat, Va, WH3, Wilbur (1955); = Sabbatia difformis Druce — S, S13. Basionym: Swertia difformis L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Sabatia difformis - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Sabatia difformis© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Sabatia difformis© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Sabatia difformis© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Sabatia difformis© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Sabatia difformis© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Stiffly erect perennial of pine savannas, bogs and pocosins.

Stems: Stems several from a short rhizome, 4-angled above, with opposite branching in the inflorescence.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile and angled upward, lance-oblong to elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long (reduced above).

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers at ends of upper branches, white, about 1 in. wide, consisting of 5-6 spreading oblong-lance-shaped petals and 5 needle-like sepals.

Fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.

Comments:

Height: 18-32 in.

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description: Stiffly erect perennial of pine savannas, bogs and pocosins.

stems: Stems several from a short rhizome, 4-angled above, with opposite branching in the inflorescence.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile and angled upward, lance-oblong to elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long (reduced above).

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers at ends of upper branches, white, about 1 in. wide, consisting of 5-6 spreading oblong-lance-shaped petals and 5 needle-like sepals.

fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.

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