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Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh. Common name: Bitter-bloom, Common Marsh-pink, American Centaury. Phenology: (May-) Jun-Sep; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Forests, woodlands, marshes, fields, calcareous hammocks (in FL), especially in base-rich situations. Distribution: NY west to s. MI, IL, and e. KS, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Wilbur (1955); = Sabatia angulatus — Il, misspelling; = Sabbatia angularis Pursh — S, S13; Chironia angularis Linnaeus. Basionym: Chironia angularis L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Sabatia angularis - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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.

Inforescence:

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.

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description: 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.

cultural notes:

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native range: eastern North America



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