Sabatia stellarisPursh

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WFO wfo-0001063484 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. a Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 204280873
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. b Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197508345
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. c Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196675662
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Claire Herzog
fig. d Claire Herzog, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187511192
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Judy Gallagher
fig. e Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 178279349
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Arthur Windsor
fig. f Arthur Windsor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175489209
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by Michael W Belitz
fig. g Michael W Belitz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 175334336
Sabatia stellaris, photographed by evangrimes
fig. h evangrimes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137202189

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Sabatia stellaris is native: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina, Virginia, Bahamas, Cuba AlabamaConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMarylandMexico NortheastMexico SouthwestMississippiNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaVirginiaCuba DelawareRhode I.Bahamas
Native distribution of Sabatia stellaris, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southwest MXS
Mississippi MSI
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Rhode I. RHO
South Carolina SCA
Virginia VRG
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chironia amoena Raf.
  • Chironia stellaris (Pursh) Eaton
  • Chironia stellata Muhl. ex A.Gray
  • Eustoma maculatum Benth.
  • Sabatia amena Raf.
  • Sabatia amoena G.Don
  • Sabatia campanulata var. amoena (Raf.) Monach.
  • Sabatia gracilis Elliott
  • Sabatia gracilis var. stellaris Alph.Wood
  • Sabatia maculata (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.
  • Sabatia maritima Raf.
  • Sabatia nana Featherm.
  • Sabatia palmeri A.Gray
  • Sabatia pumila Raf.
  • Sabatia purpusii Brandegee
  • Sabatia simulata Britton
  • Sabatia stellaris f. albiflora Britton
  • Sabatia stellaris f. stellaris
  • Sabatia stellaris var. pumila A.Gray ex Griseb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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