Difference between revisions of "Silene antirrhina"

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| name = Silene antirrhina
 
| name = Silene antirrhina
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subregnum = Tracheobionta
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
| phylum = Spermatophyta
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
| subphylum= Magnoliophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
 
| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| subclassis = Caryophyllanae
 
| subclassis = Caryophyllanae
 
| ordo = Caryophyllales
 
| ordo = Caryophyllales
 
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
 
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
| genus = '''''Silene''''' L.
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| genus = ''Silene'' L.
 
| species = '''''Silene antirrhina''''' L.
 
| species = '''''Silene antirrhina''''' L.
 
| subspecies =
 
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synonyms =*''Silene antirrhina'' var. ''confinis'' Fernald
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*''Silene antirrhina'' var. ''depauperata'' Rydb.
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*''Silene antirrhina ''var. ''divaricata'' B.L. Rob.
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*''Silene antirrhina'' var.'' laevigata'' Engelm. & A. Gray
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*''Silene antirrhina'' var. ''subglaber'' Engelm. & A. Gray
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*''Silene antirrhina'' var. ''vaccarifolia'' Rydb.
 
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20045#null</ref>
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==

Revision as of 19:37, 18 March 2021

  • Scientific Name: Silene antirrhina
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Common Names: sleepy catchfly, sleepy campion, sleepy silene
  • Codon: SILANT
photo by Ben Legler

Taxonomy

Silene antirrhina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllanae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene L.
Species: Silene antirrhina L.
Subspecies: synonyms =*Silene antirrhina var. confinis Fernald
  • Silene antirrhina var. depauperata Rydb.
  • Silene antirrhina var. divaricata B.L. Rob.
  • Silene antirrhina var. laevigata Engelm. & A. Gray
  • Silene antirrhina var. subglaber Engelm. & A. Gray
  • Silene antirrhina var. vaccarifolia Rydb.

[1]

Description

General: Erect, simple to branched annual, 2-8 dm. tall, puberulent below and glabrous above, stems often glandular in bands below the nodes.

Leaves: Basal leaves oblanceolate, 3-6 cm. long and 2-15 mm. wide; cauline leaves several pairs, oblanceolate to linear.

Flowers: Flowers few to many in a compact or open inflorescence; calyx 5-lobed, tubular, 4-10 mm. long, 10-nerved, glabrous; petals 5, white to pink, with a narrow claw 2-3 times as long as the obcordate blade; blade appendages two, 0.4 mm. long; stamens 10; styles 3.

Fruits: Capsule 3-celled. [2]

Bloom Period

May-August

Distribution

Distributed widely throughout Washington; occurring across North America from low elevations to 10,000 feet. [2]

Habitat

Widespread in open areas, often where disturbed.

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References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20045#null
  2. 2.0 2.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Silene%20antirrhina