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+ | * 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 | ||
+ | [[File:SILDOU1.jpg|thumb|Photo Ben Legler 2004]] | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | {{Taxobox | ||
+ | | name = Silene douglasii | ||
+ | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | ||
+ | | subregnum = Tracheobionta | ||
+ | | phylum = Spermatophyta | ||
+ | | subphylum= Magnoliophyta | ||
+ | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
+ | | subclassis = Caryophyllidae | ||
+ | | ordo = Caryophyllales | ||
+ | | familia = Caryophyllaceae | ||
+ | | genus = '''''Silene''''' L. | ||
+ | | species = '''''Silene douglasii''''' Hook | ||
+ | | variety ='''''Silene douglasii''''' var.'''''douglasii''''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
==Description== | ==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. | |
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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. | 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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Fruits: Capsule 1-celled. | Fruits: Capsule 1-celled. | ||
− | <ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref> | + | <ref name=":0">WTU |
+ | Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref> | ||
==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
Late May - July | Late May - July | ||
− | <ref | + | <ref name=":0" /> |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | + | B.C. to California, in the Cacsades and Olympic Mountains, east to western Montana, Nevada and Utah.<ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, | |
− | <ref | + | B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''. |
+ | Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Sagebrush plains to mountain slopes | ||
+ | <ref name=":1" /> | ||
+ | |||
==Uses== | ==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. | ||
+ | <ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved | ||
+ | from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii</ref> | ||
+ | |||
==Propagation== | ==Propagation== | ||
+ | Easily propagated by cutting or seed | ||
+ | <ref>http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO</ref> | ||
+ | |||
==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | File:SILDOU2.jpg|Photo Ben Legler | ||
+ | File:SILDOU3.jpg|Photo Ben Legler | ||
+ | File:SILDOU4.jpg|Photo Ben Legler | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
+ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
+ | <references /> |
Revision as of 19:45, 2 May 2020
- 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
Contents
Taxonomy
Silene douglasii | |
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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 |
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.
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
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