Sabatia dodecandra
Sterns & Poggenburg, Prelim. Cat., 36. 1888. (as Sabbatia)
Herbs perennial; stolons absent or weakly developed. Stems 1–several, clustered, terete or distally 4-ridged but not angled or winged, 0.8–6 dm, branching all or mostly alternate. Leaves basal absent at flowering time, internodes between cauline leaves mostly 1.25+ times as long as subtending leaves; blade elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–7 cm × 4–12(–16) mm. Inflorescences open, few-flowered monochasia or solitary flowers at ends of branches; pedicels 10–90(–110) mm. Flowers 7–12(–14)-merous; calyx tube obconic to campanulate, 1.5–4 mm, mid- and commissural veins about equally prominent, 4-ridged; lobes linear to oblong-lanceolate or occasionally narrowly spatulate or ± foliaceous, 4–20 mm; corolla purplish pink or rarely white, eye yellow, projections of eye into corolla lobes oblong, sometimes shallowly 3-lobed, usually with a red border, tube (3–)4–8 mm, lobes oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate-obovate, (10–)12–25 × 3–11 mm, apex rounded to subacute; anthers coiling circinately. 2n = 34 + 8B.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Saltwater, brackish, or rarely freshwater marshes.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Md., N.J., N.Y., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
There are historical records of Sabatia dodecandra from Connecticut and New York. Reports from west of the range given here have been based on a concept of the species that included S. foliosa.
Selected References
None.