Prairie rose-gentian
Sabatia campestris Nutt.
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Morphology
- Stem
- Erect, 4-angled or narrowly winged, glabrous.
- Leaves
- Cauline, opposite, clasping, simple; blade ovate to lanceolate, .2 to 1 inch long, .12 to .6 inch wide, margins entire; lower leaves often smaller.
- Inflorescence
- Loosely arranged cymes forming corymbose-like cluster, terminal; branches mostly alternate. Pedicels (.4).8 to 4 inches.
- Flower
- Radially symmetric; calyx tube campanulate, distinctly wing-angled, .12 to .3 inch, lobes 5, linear, .24 to 1 inch; corolla pink, rarely white, throat yellow and white, tube .16 to .4 inch, 5-lobed, lobes obovate, .4 to 1 inch long, apex acute; stamens 5, distinct; anthers bright yellow, sprially coiled after anthesis; pistil 1; style 1; stigma 2-lobed.
- Fruit
- Capsules, broadly ellipsoid, .3 to .43 inch. Seeds gray, tiny.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Roadside ditches, prairies, moist limestone soil
- Distribution
- Southeast 1/4 of Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Sabatia, for Liberatus Sabbati, Italian botanist, and campestris, of the plains.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Gentianaceae - Gentian Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 2.4 to 20 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2021-11-22
Color Groups
Pink, Red & Orange Wildflowers
Flowering Period
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Blooms: June, July, August