Sabatia brevifolia is a herbaceous annual to 20 inches in height and growing in small clumps. The narrow leaves are 1/2 to 3/4 inches long, stalkless and attached to a smooth branched stem. Flowers are 1 to 1 1/4 inches wide and born singly on long flower stalks. Each flower is composed of 5 oval pure white petals with a yellow center.

Shortleaf Rose Gentian is a native here in Florida, found throughout the state. Habitats include wet pinelands in open areas under tree canopies, brackish marsh areas, pond margins and cypress bogs.

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