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| Florida Wildflower Haiku, Marsh Rose Gentian, Sabatia dodecandra by Kevin Songer |
limestone rock croppings
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rose gentian drawn
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bees butterflies skipper art
rose gentian drawn
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Rose gentian has about a dozen different species found throughout Florida (Sabatia spp.).
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Rose gentian’s flowers are rich in purple and pink hues. When in full summer bloom, Sabatia can fill a roadside drainage swale with incredible swaths of pink and purple.
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Some accounts may exist where early settlers dried Sabatia root and then brewed a chicory-like coffee with the plant parts. This may be a historical carry over from traditions in Europe where the same was practiced with great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea.
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