Sabatia capitata
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Sabatia |
| Species: | S. capitata |
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Sabatia capitata, commonly known as the Appalachian rose-gentian, is a rare species of flowering plant in the gentian family, Gentianaceae. It is an annual or short-lived perennial herb endemic to the southeastern United States. It occurs chiefly on the Cumberland Plateau and adjoining foothills of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.[2][1]
The species inhabits wet meadows, open woodland, forest margins, roadsides, and utility rights-of-way, often in thin soils over sandstone. Suitable habitat was originally generated by wildfires; surviving populations are often reliant on human disturbance such as mowing of right-of-ways.[1]
NatureServe classifies Sabatia capitata as G2, or globally imperiled. It is also ranked N2 in the United States and S2 in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. [1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Sabatia capitata". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Sabatia capitata (Raf.) S.F.Blake". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2026.