Gentianaceae FAMILY

Sabatia elliotii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sabatia elliotii is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-eastern N. America - Virginia and North Carolina to Florida.

HabitatPine barrens[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ].