Gentianaceae FAMILY

Sabatia campestris

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sabatia campestris is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.20 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-eastern N. America - Missouri and Kansas to Texas.

HabitatPrairies and fields[ 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. ]. Open ground, edges of woods and roadsides, mainly in clay soils but also in sands[ 274 Title Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas Publication Author Diggs, Jnr. G.M.; Lipscomb. B. L. & O'Kennon. R. J Website http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTXpdf.htm Publisher Botanical Research Institute, Texas. Year 1999 ISBN 1-889878-01-4 Description An excellent flora, which is also available on-line. ].