Sabatia campestris
| Sabatia campestris | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Sabatia campestris (common name: prairie rose gentian)
Propagation: Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in late summer or early autumn. Sow in a peaty soil in a moist shady border or sow in pots in a shady part of the cold frame and keep the soil moist by standing the pot in 2 - 3cm of water[1].
Cultivation: Requires a moist soil[2].
Range: South-eastern N. America - Missouri and Kansas to Texas.
Habitat: Prairies and fields[3]. Open ground, edges of woods and roadsides, mainly in clay soils but also in sands[4].
Edibility: A tonic tea is obtained from the plant[5][6]. The part of the plant is not specified.
Medicinal: Antiperiodic, tonic[5][6].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Sabbatia campestris. Nutt.
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel and Addison Brown. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. Dover Publications, 1970.
- ↑ Diggs, George and Barney Lipscomb. Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. Botanical Research Institute, 1999.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Grieve, Margaret. A Modern Herbal. Penguin, 1984.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.