Silene douglasii

Silene douglasii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Subkingdom:	Tracheobionta;
Phylum:	Spermatophyta;
Subphylum:	Magnoliophyta;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Subclass:	Caryophyllidae;
Order:	Caryophyllales;
Family:	Caryophyllaceae;
Genus:	Silene L.;
Species:	Silene douglasii Hook;
Variety:	Silene douglasii var.douglasii;

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 Ben Legler 2004

Taxonomy

Description

Tufted perennial, 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.

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.

Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.

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Bloom Period

Late May - July ^[1]

Distribution

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

Habitat

Sagebrush plains to 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. ^[3]

Propagation

Easily propagated by cutting or seed ^[4]

Photo Gallery

Photo Ben Legler
Photo Ben Legler
Photo Ben Legler

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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.
↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii
↑ http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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.

[3] Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii

[4] ttp://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO

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