Sabatia campestris
Nutt.
Prairie Rose Gentian, Texas star
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Description
Sabatia campestris is a ANNUAL/BIENNIAL growing to 0.2 m (0ft 8in). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
A tonic tea is obtained from the plant. The part of the plant is not specified.
Medicinal Uses
Antiperiodic Tonic. Antiperiodic, tonic.
Distribution
South-eastern N. America - Missouri and Kansas to Texas.
Where It Grows
Coming Soon
Cultivation
Requires a moist soil.
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.
