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|accepted_name=Spigelia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 149. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Pinkroot
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Loganiaceae;Spigelia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Loganiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spigelia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Adriaan van den Spiegel, 1578–1625, Paduan physician and author
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs or shrubs]. <b>Stems</b> ascending to decumbent, sparsely to diffusely, sometimes divaricately, branched, glabrous or scabrous [otherwise hairy]. <b>Leaves</b> sessile or petiolate, 1 pair or 2 closely spaced pairs forming pseudowhorl proximal to inflorescence; blade ovate, lanceolate, elliptic, oblong, rhombic, linear, obovate, or oblanceolate, venation 1 or 2 pairs of secondary veins from near base, curved along margins, not reaching apex. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal [axillary], monochasial, 2–45-flowered; bracts and bracteoles subulate, 1–3(–7) mm, each flower subtended by (0–)2(or 3) bracteoles. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals persistent, often accrescent in fruit, shortly connate at base, green, linear, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, or lanceolate-subulate [deltate]; corolla white, yellow, pink, or scarlet, funnelform or tubular [salverform, campanulate, or urceolate], glabrous [villous]; ovary superior; stigmas conic, capitate, or bulbous, unlobed or scarcely 2-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, green or brown, 4-valved, 2-lobed, dehiscence septicidal and loculicidal, circumscissile near base. <b>Seeds</b> tan to dark brown, obliquely ovoid, usually obcompressed, tuberculate or reticulate. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;se Asia;w Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 60 (7 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corollas scarlet or pink (rarely white), 25–52 mm.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Rhizomes stout; cauline leaf blades 4–12 cm; corollas scarlet (rarely white) outside, yellow to greenish yellow (rarely pink) inside.
|[[Spigelia marilandica|Spigelia marilandica]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Rhizomes slender; cauline leaf blades 2–4 cm; corollas light pink outside, light pink to white inside.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Cauline leaf blades ovate, base rounded; corollas 25–30 mm, lobes barely opening at anthesis.
|[[Spigelia gentianoides|Spigelia gentianoides]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Cauline leaf blades usually lanceolate to elliptic, rarely narrowly ovate, ovate, or obovate, base cuneate to rounded; corollas 36–50 mm, lobes spreading to reflexed at anthesis.
|[[Spigelia alabamensis|Spigelia alabamensis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corollas white or whitish, 6–17 mm.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Plants annual; cymes 22–45-flowered; corollas 6–9 mm; s Florida.
|[[Spigelia anthelmia|Spigelia anthelmia]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Plants perennial; cymes 2-flowered; corollas 7–17 mm; n Florida, Texas.
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Stems 3+; cauline leaves: proximals with blades (1.2–)1.5–3(–3.5) × 0.3–1(–1.3) cm, distals usually opposite; open prairies and woods, thin, rocky soils; Texas.
|[[Spigelia hedyotidea|Spigelia hedyotidea]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Stems 1–3; cauline leaves: proximals with blades (1.4–)3–6.5 × (0.5–)0.9–1.7(–2.2) cm; distals usually pseudowhorled; riparian woodlands and swamps, clay to sandy soils; e Texas or Florida.
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Corollas (7–)10–17 mm; Florida.
|[[Spigelia loganioides|Spigelia loganioides]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Corollas 8–11(–13) mm; Texas.
|[[Spigelia texana|Spigelia texana]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Spigelia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Loganiaceae
|distribution=c;se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;se Asia;w Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Spigelia
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