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==Taxonomy==
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* Scientific Name: ''Silene douglasii'' var. ''douglassii''
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[[File:SIDORodGilbert.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo credit Rod Gilbert]]
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* Family: Caryophyllaceae
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* Common Names: Douglas's silene
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Silene douglasii'' var. ''monantha, Silene monantha, Silene multicaulis''
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* Codon: SILDOU
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[[File:SILDOU1.jpg|thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page]]
  
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==Description==
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===Taxonomy===
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General: Tufted perennial from a stout taproot and branched crown, the numerous, decumbent, simple stems 1-4 dm. tall, densely pubescent throughout.
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{{Taxobox
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Leaves: Basal leaves matted, long-petiolate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long and 2-7 mm. wide; cauline leaves 1-8 pairs, becoming smaller and sessile above.
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| name =
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Caryophyllanae
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| ordo = Caryophyllales
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| familia = Caryophyllaceae
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| genus = ''Silene'' L.
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| species = '''''Silene douglasii''''' Hook
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| variety ='''''Silene douglasii''''' var.'''''douglasii'''''
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}}
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20065#null</ref>
  
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Flowers: Flowers few, with linear bracts, often remote; calyx tubular, 5-lobed, 12-15 mm. long, becoming papery and enlarged in fruit; petals 5, creamy-white, greenish, pink or purplish; claw 8-12 mm long, the blade oblong, 4-6 mm. long, bi-lobed about ¼ the length; blade appendages 2, oblong, 1 mm. long; ovary stalk 3-4 mm. long; stamens 10; styles 3.
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===Description===
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Tufted, dioecious,<ref name=":1" /> perennial herb<ref name=":0">WTU
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Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref> growing from a taproot and woody caudex with few white flowers, up to 40 cm tall.<ref name=":2">Flora
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of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Silene_douglasii</ref> Stems several, unbranched, slender, decumbent at base and ascending.<ref name=":2" /> Basal leaves long-petiolate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, to 5 cm long;<ref name=":0" /> cauline leaves in 1-8 pairs, becoming sessile distally.<ref name=":2" /> Flowers bractate, actinomorphic; calyx fused, 5-lobed, 10-nerved, green,<ref name=":1" /> becoming inflated and papery in fruit;<ref name=":0" /> petals 5, creamy white with green or purple coloration, clawed, limbs 2-lobed;<ref name=":2" /> stamens 10, epipetalous;<ref name=":1" /> styles 3-5,<ref name=":2" /> ovary superior, becoming a 1-celled capsule.<ref name=":0" />
  
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Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.
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===Bloom Period===
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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==Bloom Period==
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Late May - July
 
Late May - July
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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==Distribution==
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===Distribution===
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British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah; in both the Olympic and Cascades Mountains
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B.C. to California, in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains, east to western Montana, Nevada and Utah.<ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 350-353.</ref>
  
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==Habitat==
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===Habitat===
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Sagebrush plains to mountain slopes
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Sagebrush steppe to open mountain slopes
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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==Uses==
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===Uses===
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Infusion of roots taken as an emetic for stomach trouble pain; Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain; Cold infusion used as lotion for coyote bite on man, sheep or horse; Plant used as a horse medicine.
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Nɨwɨ medicine, warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
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<ref>http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii</ref>
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==Propagation==
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''Diné'' medicine, cold infusion used as lotion for coyote bites on man, sheep or horse.
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<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved
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from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii</ref>
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===Propagation===
 
Easily propagated by cutting or seed
 
Easily propagated by cutting or seed
 
<ref>http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO</ref>
 
<ref>http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO</ref>
  
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==Photo Gallery==
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===Photo Gallery===
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==References==
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<gallery>
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<references/>
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File:SILDOU2.jpg|Photo Ben Legler
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File:SILDOU3.jpg|Photo Ben Legler
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File:SILDOU4.jpg|Photo Ben Legler
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</gallery>
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===References===
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<references />

Latest revision as of 16:39, 29 June 2021

  • Scientific Name: Silene douglasii var. douglassii
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Common Names: Douglas's silene
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Silene douglasii var. monantha, Silene monantha, Silene multicaulis
  • Codon: SILDOU
Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllanae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene L.
Species: Silene douglasii Hook
Variety: Silene douglasii var.douglasii

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Description

Tufted, dioecious,[2] perennial herb[3] growing from a taproot and woody caudex with few white flowers, up to 40 cm tall.[4] Stems several, unbranched, slender, decumbent at base and ascending.[4] Basal leaves long-petiolate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, to 5 cm long;[3] cauline leaves in 1-8 pairs, becoming sessile distally.[4] Flowers bractate, actinomorphic; calyx fused, 5-lobed, 10-nerved, green,[2] becoming inflated and papery in fruit;[3] petals 5, creamy white with green or purple coloration, clawed, limbs 2-lobed;[4] stamens 10, epipetalous;[2] styles 3-5,[4] ovary superior, becoming a 1-celled capsule.[3]

Bloom Period

Late May - July [3]

Distribution

B.C. to California, in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains, east to western Montana, Nevada and Utah.[2]

Habitat

Sagebrush steppe to open mountain slopes [2]

Uses

Nɨwɨ medicine, warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.

Diné medicine, cold infusion used as lotion for coyote bites on man, sheep or horse. [5]

Propagation

Easily propagated by cutting or seed [6]

Photo Gallery

  • Photo Ben Legler

  • Photo Ben Legler

  • Photo Ben Legler

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20065#null
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 350-353.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Flora of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Silene_douglasii
  5. ↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii
  6. ↑ http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO
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