Sabatia calycina (Lamarck) A. Heller. Common name: Coastal Rose-pink. Phenology: Jun-Oct; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Swamp forests, river banks. Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL, west to se. TX; e. Cuba and Hispaniola.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K4, RAB, Tx, Va, WH3, Wilbur (1955); = Sabbatia calycina A.Heller — S, S13; Gentiana calycina Lamarck. Basionym: Gentiana calycina Lam. 1788
Links to other floras: = Sabatia calycina - FNA14
Show parent genus | Show parent in key(s)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 2
Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
See something wrong or missing on about Sabatia calycina? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months. If a species is not keyed, that's because keying is ongoing. Please don't send us feedback about unkeyed species.
Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, short-lived perennial of swamp forests and river banks.
Stems: Stems vaguely 4-angled and simple or with alternate, divergent branches; the stem base may be woody, and leafy basal offshoots may be present.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic, 1-2 in. long, sometimes with a short spine at the tip.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters borne in upper leaf axils; pale-pink to whitish; consisting of 5-7 spreading oblong-oval petals with yellowish-green tint at the base, the same number of longer lance-shaped sepals showing between petals, a split yellow stigma and 5-7 stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a rounded capsule.
Comments:
Height: 4-15 in.
plant sale text:
bloom table text:
description: Erect, short-lived perennial of swamp forests and river banks.
stems: Stems vaguely 4-angled and simple or with alternate, divergent branches; the stem base may be woody, and leafy basal offshoots may be present.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile to short-petiolate, elliptic, 1-2 in. long, sometimes with a short spine at the tip.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters borne in upper leaf axils; pale-pink to whitish; consisting of 5-7 spreading oblong-oval petals with yellowish-green tint at the base, the same number of longer lance-shaped sepals showing between petals, a split yellow stigma and 5-7 stamens.
fruits: Fruit a rounded capsule.
comments:
cultural notes:
germination code:
native range:
0 unsaved edits on this page.