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− | + | * Scientific Name: ''Silene douglasii'' var. ''douglassii'' | |
− | [[File: | + | * Family: Caryophyllaceae |
+ | * Common Names: Douglas's silene | ||
+ | * Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Silene douglasii'' var. ''monantha, Silene monantha, Silene multicaulis'' | ||
+ | * Codon: SILDOU | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | [[File:SILDOU1.jpg|thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page]] | ||
− | == | + | ===Taxonomy=== |
− | + | {{Taxobox | |
− | + | | name = | |
+ | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | ||
+ | | subregnum = Viridiplantae | ||
+ | | phylum = Tracheophyta | ||
+ | | subphylum= Spermatophytina | ||
+ | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
+ | | subclassis = Caryophyllanae | ||
+ | | ordo = Caryophyllales | ||
+ | | familia = Caryophyllaceae | ||
+ | | genus = ''Silene'' L. | ||
+ | | species = '''''Silene douglasii''''' Hook | ||
+ | | variety ='''''Silene douglasii''''' var.'''''douglasii''''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | <ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20065#null</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===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. | 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 | Sagebrush plains to mountain slopes | ||
− | <ref>http:// | + | <ref name=":1" /> |
+ | |||
+ | ===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=== | ||
+ | Easily propagated by cutting or seed | ||
+ | <ref>http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===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 23:51, 20 March 2021
- 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
Scientific classification | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Subclass: | Caryophyllanae |
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 [2]
Distribution
B.C. to California, in the Cacsades and Olympic Mountains, east to western Montana, Nevada and Utah.[3]
Habitat
Sagebrush plains to mountain slopes [3]
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. [4]
Propagation
Easily propagated by cutting or seed [5]
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20065#null
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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