Silene antirrhina
From Puget Prairie Plants
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
- Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
- Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
- Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
- Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
- Subclass - Caryophyllidae
- Order - Caryophyllales
- Family - Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
- Genus - Silene L. – catchfly
- Species - Silene antirrhina L. – sleepy silene
Synonyms
- SIANC Silene antirrhina L. var. confinis Fernald
- SIAND Silene antirrhina L. var. depauperata Rydb.
- SIAND2 Silene antirrhina L. var. divaricata B.L. Rob.
- SIANL Silene antirrhina L. var. laevigata Engelm. & A. Gray
- SIANS Silene antirrhina L. var. subglaber Engelm. & A. Gray
- SIANV Silene antirrhina L. var. vaccarifolia Rydb.
Description
General: Erect, simple to branched annual, 2-8 dm. tall, puberulent below and glabrous above, 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. [3]
Bloom Period
May-August [4]
Distribution
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SIAN2
- ↑ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SIAN2
- ↑ http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=antirrhina
- ↑ http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=antirrhina
