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Slender rose gentian

Sabatia campanulata

Also called Slender Marsh Pink

Slender rose gentian
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain

Slender rose gentian is a perennial wildflower in the gentian family, native to the southeastern United States, with pink summer flowers. It grows best in open, moist, acidic conditions such as bogs and pine savannas.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, never letting it dry out.
Soil
Acidic, moist, peaty or sandy soil with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cold winters but protect from severe frost in pots.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Sabatia campanulata, commonly known as the slender rose gentian or slender marsh-pink, is an herbaceous plant in the gentian family. It is native to the primarily to the southeastern United States. Populations extend northward, and become increasingly rare, up the Atlantic Coast to Massachusetts.

This species is most abundant in coastal areas. Its natural habitat is open, moist, acidic areas such as bogs, seeps, and pine savannas.

Other Sabatia plants

Rosepink · Pelton's Rose Gentian · Shortleaf rose gentian · Coastal rose gentian · Texas star · Appalachian rose gentian · Marsh rose gentian · Largeflower rose gentian · Plymouth rose gentian · Fourangle rose gentian · Rose of Plymouth · Rose gentian

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sabatia campanulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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