Sabatia angularis

Family:GENTIANACEAE
Species:Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh
Common Name:Square Stem Rose Gentian; Common Rose Pink; Bitter Bloom
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SAAN
Plant Notes:Common Rose Pink is a native herbaceous annual or biennial in the Gentian family (Gentianaceae). It can be found throughout most of Alabama. Common Rose Pink occurs in prairies, in cedar glades, on limestone outcrops, in rich forests, and on roadsides. It shows the best growth in moist areas. During its early growth, it consists of a low rosette of rounded leaves with a tap root. Later in the season or in the second year it produces erect stems that are 1-2 feet in height and much-branched above the middle. The stems are green in color, 4-angled, winged, and glabrous. Leaves are opposite, sessile and clasping the stem, ovate in outline, and glabrous. Fragrant flowers are produced in a panicle. Individual flowers have 5 narrow calyx lobes and 5 pink or rarely white corolla lobes. The center of the corolla is yellow, outlined in red. This forms a 5-pointed star shape in the center of the flower. The fruit is a capsule. Common Rose Pink is available as seed from some nurseries. The seed should be sown in the autumn in a moist, loamy soil. Plants prefer full sun, but will grow in light shade. The plant has a bitter taste, and is avoided by most herbivores.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyGENTIANACEAE - Gentian family
Genus Sabatia
Species Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh - Square Stem Rose Gentian; Common Rose Pink; Bitter Bloom

Citation

Citation Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 137. 1814 [1813].
Basionym: Chironia angularis L. 1753.
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 252.5). Lectotypified by Wilbur, Rhodora 57: 20. 1955.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Chironia angularis Chironia angularis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 190. 1753. VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 252.5). Lectotypified by Wilbur, Rhodora 57: 20. 1955.
Chironia angularis var. latifolia Chironia angularis Linnaeus, var. latifolia Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 147. 1803, nom. inadmiss.Chironia angularis Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 2021

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00038005 Autauga 14 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
905
UNA
Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh
AUA_ACC_39034 Autauga 14 Jul 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
905
AUA
SABATIA ANGULARIS (L.) PURSH
AUA_ACC_39098 Autauga 15 Jul 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
947
AUA
SABATIA ANGULARIS (L.) PURSH
UWAL0046429 Autauga 08 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
905
UWAL
Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh
TROY000048666 Autauga 08 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
905
TROY
Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh
TROY000045584 Autauga 28 Jun 2017 Diamond, Alvin R.
27864
TROY
Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh
UWAL0046328 Autauga 31 Jul 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1077
UWAL
Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh
TROY000048351 Autauga 31 Jul 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1077
TROY
Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh
TROY000049658 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1732
TROY
Sabatia angularis (Linnaeus) Pursh
AUA_ACC_35223 Barbour 13 Jul 1980 SHELBY, RICHARD A.
AUA
SABATIA ANGULARIS (L.) PURSH
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