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Sabatia stellaris Pursh. Common name: Annual Sea-pink. Phenology: Jul-Oct; Aug-late Nov. Habitat: Brackish marshes, maritime wet grasslands. Distribution: S. MA south to s. FL, west to LA; Bahamas; Cuba; c. Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, F, Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K4, Mex, NE, NY, RAB, Tat, Va, WH3, Wilbur (1955); = Sabbatia stellaris Pursh — S13; < Sabbatia campanulata (L.) Torr. — S. Basionym: Sabatia stellaris Pursh 1814 [1813]

Links to other floras: = Sabatia stellaris - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual from a shallow taproot typically found in brackish marshes and tidal flats.

Stems: Stems usually square, often branched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly elliptic to oblong, to 1 in. long; some basal leaves may be present.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers few to many in open panicle or solitary terminating the stem; pink (sometimes white); consisting of 5 spreading oblong to oblong-oval petals with basal markings that create a red-rimmed yellow "eye" (star) in the center of the flower and shorter, linear sepals.

Fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid to ovoid capsule.

Comments:

Height: 8-22 in.

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description: Erect annual from a shallow taproot typically found in brackish marshes and tidal flats.

stems: Stems usually square, often branched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly elliptic to oblong, to 1 in. long; some basal leaves may be present.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers few to many in open panicle or solitary terminating the stem; pink (sometimes white); consisting of 5 spreading oblong to oblong-oval petals with basal markings that create a red-rimmed yellow "eye" (star) in the center of the flower and shorter, linear sepals.

fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid to ovoid capsule.

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