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plants growing to 10–130 cm tall, with

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Selected species

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Sabatia angularis ''Sabatia angularis'', commonly called rosepink, rose pink, square-stem rose pink or rose gentian, is a biennial flowering plant in the Gentianaceae (gentain) family. It is native to central and eastern North America. Description ''S. angularis ...

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Sabatia arenicola ''Sabatia'', the rose gentians, is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern and central North America (Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin and New Mexico, and south to Florida and Texas), Central A ...

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Sabatia arkansana ''Sabatia arkansana'', commonly known as Pelton's rose gentian, is an herbaceous annual in the gentian family. It was discovered in 2001 in several glades of the Ouachita Mountains in Saline County, Arkansas by John Pelton, a retired mechanic ...

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Sabatia bartramii ''Sabatia'', the rose gentians, is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern and central North America (Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin and New Mexico, and south to Florida and Texas), Central A ...

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Sabatia brachiata ''Sabatia'', the rose gentians, is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern and central North America (Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin and New Mexico, and south to Florida and Texas), Central A ...

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Sabatia brevifolia ''Sabatia brevifolia'', commonly known as shortleaf or short-leaved rose gentian (or rose-gentian), narrowleaf or narrow-leaved sabatia, white marsh-pink or white sabatia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sabatia and the family Gentia ...

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Sabatia calycina ''Sabatia'', the rose gentians, is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern and central North America (Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin and New Mexico, and south to Florida and Texas), Central A ...

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Sabatia campanulata ''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. This species is most abundant in coastal a ...

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Sabatia campestris ''Sabatia campestris'' (Texas star;United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile''Sabatia campestris''/ref> also prairie rose-gentian, prairie sabatia, meadow pinkPlants For A Future''Sabatia campestris''/ref>) is a species of ''Sabatia' ...

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Sabatia capitata ''Sabatia'', the rose gentians, is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern and central North America (Nova Scotia west to Wisconsin and New Mexico, and south to Florida and Texas), Central A ...

'' *'' Sabatia difformis'' *'' Sabatia dodecandra'' *'' Sabatia formosa'' *'' Sabatia gentianoides'' *'' Sabatia grandiflora'' *'' Sabatia kennedyana'' *'' Sabatia macrophylla'' *'' Sabatia quadrangula'' *'' Sabatia stellaris''

Cultivation and uses

Several species are cultivated as

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s in gardens.

References

Gentianaceae genera Flora of the Eastern United States Flora of Eastern Canada Flora of the Northeastern United States Flora of the Southeastern United States Taxa named by Michel Adanson {{Gentianales-stub