Sabatia kennedyana: Country Or Region Of Origin
Eastern North America
Plant Profile: Sabatia kennedyana
Taxonomy: Sabatia kennedyanaNames
Plymouth Gentian, Plymouth Rose Gentian
Phonetic Spelling:sa-BAY-shee-uh ken-nee-dee-AH-hun
Genus:Sabatia
Species:kennedyana
Family:Gentianaceae
Plymouth Gentian is a perennial plant indigenous to the gentian family.
**Habitat:** This species thrives in the seasonally exposed banks of the Waccamaw River, as well as in nearby ditches and disturbed flat areas, particularly in southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina.
Sabatia kennedyana Feature Summary
Sabatia kennedyana Image Gallery
Tags
#showy flowers
#pink flowers
#native perennial
#NC native
#summer flowers
#food source fall
#Coastal OBL
#food source nectar
#food source pollen
#Piedmont Mountains OBL
#food source hard mast fruit
#audubon
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Sabatia kennedyana Feature Summary
Attributes
Eastern North America
Perennial
Fruit
Fruit displays from August to October.
Flowers
Showy pink flowers with 11+ petals bloom from June to August.
Pink
Gold/Yellow
Summer
7 - 20 petals/rays
Radial
Whole Plant Traits
Perennial
Native Plant
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Moist
Occasionally Wet
Coastal
Leaves
Stem
Sabatia kennedyana Image Gallery
Sabatia kennedyana Attributes
Sabatia kennedyana: Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Sabatia kennedyana Fruit
Sabatia kennedyana: Fruit Description
Fruit displays from August to October.
Sabatia kennedyana: Display/Harvest Time
Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter
Sabatia kennedyana Flowers
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Description
Showy pink flowers with 11+ petals bloom from June to August.
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Color
Gold/Yellow
Pink
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Petals
2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals
Sabatia kennedyana: Flower Shape
Bell
Cross
Crown
Cup
Dome
Funnel
Irregular
Lipped
Radial
Saucer
Star
Trumpet
Tubular
Urn
Wheel
Sabatia kennedyana Whole Plant Traits
Sabatia kennedyana: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Sabatia kennedyana Cultural Conditions
Sabatia kennedyana: Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Sabatia kennedyana: Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Sabatia kennedyana: NC Region
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
Sabatia kennedyana Leaves
Sabatia kennedyana: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Sabatia kennedyana Stem
Sabatia kennedyana: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
