Largeflower Rose Gentian (Sabatia grandiflora)

Largeflower Rose Gentian, a reference photo — Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Sabatia grandiflora is a flowering plant in the genus Sabatia. Commonly known as marsh-pink or largeflower rose gentian, the annual has pink flowers. It grows in parts of Florida and Alabama. The flowers have five pink petals and a yellow center.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Largeflower Rose Gentian being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Sabatia campanulata
Sabatia stellaris
Chironia purpurascens

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Sabatia
Species: Sabatia grandiflora

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