| Sabatia brevifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Sabatia |
| Species: | S. brevifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabatia brevifolia | |
Sabatia brevifolia, commonly known as shortleaf or short-leaved rose gentian (or rose-gentian), narrowleaf or narrow-leaved sabatia, white marsh-pink or white sabatia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sabatia and the family Gentianaceae. [2] It is an annual that grows in moist flatwoods and savannahs. [3] It grows from 1–3 feet tall and the flowers have five white petals with pointed tips. [4]
It grows in the United States, in the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama. [2]