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Plymouth Gentian

Sabatia kennedyana (sa-BAY-tee-uh ken-nee-dee-AH-hun)

Family: Gentianaceae Native Herbaceous (3-15 ft)

Plymouth Gentian is a native perennial plant in the gentian family. Habitat: Seasonally exposed drawdown banks of the Waccamaw River, in adjacent ditches and disturbed flats (in se. NC and ne. SC)

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 27 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
See companions & conflicts ↓

Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Herbaceous Perennial; Native Plant; Wildflower
Life cycle
Perennial
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil drainage
Moist | Occasionally Wet
NC region
Coastal
Mature size
Height: 1 ft. 4 in. - 3 ft. 0 in. | Width: 0 ft. 8 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
Form & Appearance
Hairs present
No
Flower color
Gold/Yellow; Pink
Flower value
Showy
Flower form
Head
Flower shape
Radial
Flower detail
Showy pink flowers with 11+ petals bloom from June to August.
Bloom time
Summer
Fruit detail
Fruit displays from August to October.
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Native
Origin
Eastern North America
Food & Medicine
Harvest time
Fall
Landscape Use
Landscape theme
Native Garden
Garden tags
#showy flowers #native perennial #NC native #pink flowers #summer flowers #Coastal OBL #food source hard mast fruit #food source nectar #food source pollen #Piedmont Mountains OBL #food source fall #Audubon #NC Native Pollinator Plant

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.