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[[File:SISC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Silene scouleri'' </br> Photo Credit Rod Gilbert]]
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* Scientific Name: ''Silene scouleri'' subsp. scouleri
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* Family: Caryophyllaceae
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* Common Names: Scouler's campion, Scouler's catchfly, wild pink, silene
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* Codon: SILSCO
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[[File:SISC.jpg|thumb|right|Photo by Rod Gilbert]]
  
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==Taxonomy==
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===Taxonomy===
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*Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
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{{Taxobox
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*Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
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*Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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*Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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*Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
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*Subclass - Caryophyllidae
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
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*Order - Caryophyllales
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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*Family - Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
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| subclassis = Caryophyllanae
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*Genus - Silene L. – catchfly
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| ordo = Caryophyllales
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*Species - Silene scouleri Hook. – simple campion
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| familia = Caryophyllaceae
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<ref>http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SISC7</ref>
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| genus = ''Silene'' L.
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| species = '''''Silene scouleri''''' Hook.
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| subspecies = ''S. scouleri'' ssp. ''scouleri'' Hook.
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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=20117#null</ref>
  
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==Description==
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===Description===
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General: Erect perennial herb from a simple to branched crown, the stems several, up to 8 dm. tall, densely pubescent throughout and glandular above.
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Perennial herb growing from a taproot and branched caudex<ref name=":1">Flora
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of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Silene_scouleri</ref> with many greenish-white to purplish flowers, up to 80 cm tall.<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=scouleri</ref> Stems several,<ref name=":0" /> erect, puberulent.<ref name=":1" /> Basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, to 15 cm long;<ref name=":0" /> cauline leaves opposite, in 12 pairs, often sessile, lanceolate or similar.<ref name=":1" /> Inflorescences cymose,<ref name=":2" /> elongate and narrow;<ref name=":0" /> calyx tubular, 5-lobed, pubescent, pale with prominent darker venation;<ref name=":2" /> petals 5, clawed, limbs 2 to 4-lobed;<ref name=":0" /> stamens 10, epipetalous;<ref name=":2" /> styles 3, ovary stalked, becoming 1-celled capsule.<ref name=":0" />
  
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Leaves: Leaves opposite, numerous, the basal slender-petiolate, the blades oblanceolate, up to 15 cm. long and 3 cm. wide; cauline leaves 2-8 pairs, reduced gradually upward, becoming sessile above.
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===Bloom Period===
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June - August
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Flowers: Flowers numerous, the inflorescence narrow and elongate, consisting of a series of small, congested, lateral cymes; calyx broadly tubular, 5-lobed, 10-18 mm. long; corolla greenish-white to purplish, the claw of the petal 7-16 mm. long, the blade flaring, 4-8 mm. long, from bi-lobed to nearly equally 4-lobed, with 2 appendages at the base, 1-3 mm. long; ovary with a stalk 3-6 mm. long, puberulent to woolly; stamens 10; styles 3.
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===Distribution===
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''S. scouleri'' subsp''. scouleri'' grows in west Cascades, B.C. to California, transitional to ''S. scouleri'' subsp. ''scouleri'' in the east Cascades in Washington and Oregon.<ref name=":2">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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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.</ref>
  
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Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.
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===Habitat===
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Prairies and open forest, low to moderate elevations
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=scouleri</ref>
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===Uses===
  
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==Bloom Period==
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==== First Nations ====
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June - August
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Nɨwɨ medicine, a warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=silene+scouleri</nowiki></ref>
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=scouleri</ref>
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===Propagation===
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Store seeds in refrigerator. Time to germination: 7 days. High percentage germination recorded.
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<ref>Butler, Jennifer; Frieswyk, Christin. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of Silene scouleri seeds; USDI NPS - Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 14 May 2012). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery.</ref>
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[https://npn.rngr.net/npn/propagation/protocols/caryophyllaceae-silene-959/?searchterm=Silene%20scouleri Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol]
  
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==Distribution==
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===Photo Gallery===
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British Columbia to California, east to Montana and New Mexico
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=scouleri</ref>
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File:Wtu027621 md.jpg|Rod Gilbert 2005
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File:SILSCO.jpg|Rod Gilbert 2006
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File:SILSCO1.jpg| Young plant, CNLM
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===References===
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Latest revision as of 16:58, 29 June 2021

  • Scientific Name: Silene scouleri subsp. scouleri
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Common Names: Scouler's campion, Scouler's catchfly, wild pink, silene
  • Codon: SILSCO
Photo by Rod Gilbert

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllanae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene L.
Species: Silene scouleri Hook.
Subspecies: S. scouleri ssp. scouleri Hook.

[1]

Description

Perennial herb growing from a taproot and branched caudex[2] with many greenish-white to purplish flowers, up to 80 cm tall.[3] Stems several,[3] erect, puberulent.[2] Basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, to 15 cm long;[3] cauline leaves opposite, in 12 pairs, often sessile, lanceolate or similar.[2] Inflorescences cymose,[4] elongate and narrow;[3] calyx tubular, 5-lobed, pubescent, pale with prominent darker venation;[4] petals 5, clawed, limbs 2 to 4-lobed;[3] stamens 10, epipetalous;[4] styles 3, ovary stalked, becoming 1-celled capsule.[3]

Bloom Period

June - August [3]

Distribution

S. scouleri subsp. scouleri grows in west Cascades, B.C. to California, transitional to S. scouleri subsp. scouleri in the east Cascades in Washington and Oregon.[4]

Habitat

Prairies and open forest, low to moderate elevations [3]

Uses

First Nations

Nɨwɨ medicine, a warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.[5]

Propagation

Store seeds in refrigerator. Time to germination: 7 days. High percentage germination recorded. [6]

Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol

Photo Gallery

  • Rod Gilbert 2005

  • Rod Gilbert 2006

  • Young plant, CNLM

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20117#null
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Flora of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Silene_scouleri
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=scouleri
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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.
  5. ↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=silene+scouleri
  6. ↑ Butler, Jennifer; Frieswyk, Christin. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of Silene scouleri seeds; USDI NPS - Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 14 May 2012). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery.
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