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* Family: Caryophyllaceae
 
* Family: Caryophyllaceae
 
* Common Names: Douglas's silene
 
* Common Names: Douglas's silene
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Silene douglasii'' var. ''monantha, Silene monantha, Silene multicaulis''
 
* Codon: SILDOU
 
* Codon: SILDOU
[[File:SILDOU1.jpg|thumb|Photo Ben Legler 2004]]
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[[File:SILDOU1.jpg|thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page]]
  
==Taxonomy==
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===Taxonomy===
 
{{Taxobox
 
{{Taxobox
| name = Silene douglasii
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| name =
 
| 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 = Caryophyllidae
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| subclassis = Caryophyllanae
| ordo = Caryophyllaceae
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| ordo = Caryophyllales
 
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
 
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
| genus = '''''Silene''''' L.
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| genus = ''Silene'' L.
 
| species = '''''Silene douglasii''''' Hook
 
| species = '''''Silene douglasii''''' Hook
 
| variety ='''''Silene douglasii''''' var.'''''douglasii'''''
 
| variety ='''''Silene douglasii''''' var.'''''douglasii'''''
 
}}
 
}}
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20065#null</ref>
  
==Description==
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===Description===
General: Tufted perennial from a stout taproot and branched crown, the numerous, decumbent, simple stems 1-4 dm. tall, densely pubescent throughout.
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Tufted, dioecious,<ref name=":1" /> perennial herb<ref name=":0">WTU
Leaves: 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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Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref> growing from a taproot and woody caudex with few white flowers, up to 40 cm tall.<ref name=":2">Flora
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of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Silene_douglasii</ref> Stems several, unbranched, slender, decumbent at base and ascending.<ref name=":2" /> Basal leaves long-petiolate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, to 5 cm long;<ref name=":0" /> cauline leaves in 1-8 pairs, becoming sessile distally.<ref name=":2" /> Flowers bractate, actinomorphic; calyx fused, 5-lobed, 10-nerved, green,<ref name=":1" /> becoming inflated and papery in fruit;<ref name=":0" /> petals 5, creamy white with green or purple coloration, clawed, limbs 2-lobed;<ref name=":2" /> stamens 10, epipetalous;<ref name=":1" /> styles 3-5,<ref name=":2" /> ovary superior, becoming a 1-celled capsule.<ref name=":0" />
  
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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===Bloom Period===
 
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Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.
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<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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==Bloom Period==
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Late May - July
 
Late May - July
<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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<ref name=":0" />
  
==Distribution==
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===Distribution===
British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah; in both the Olympic and Cascades Mountains
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B.C. to California, in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains, east to western Montana, Nevada and Utah.<ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 350-353.</ref>
  
==Habitat==
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===Habitat===
Sagebrush plains to mountain slopes
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Sagebrush steppe to open mountain slopes
<ref>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii</ref>
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<ref name=":1" />
  
==Uses==
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===Uses===
 
Nɨwɨ medicine, warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
 
Nɨwɨ medicine, warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
  
''Diné'' medicine, cold infusion used as lotion for coyote bite on man, sheep or horse.
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''Diné'' medicine, cold infusion used as lotion for coyote bites on man, sheep or horse.
 
<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved
 
<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved
 
from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii</ref>
 
from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii</ref>
  
==Propagation==
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===Propagation===
 
Easily propagated by cutting or seed
 
Easily propagated by cutting or seed
 
<ref>http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO</ref>
 
<ref>http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO</ref>
  
==Photo Gallery==
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===Photo Gallery===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
File:SILDOU2.jpg|Photo Ben Legler
 
File:SILDOU2.jpg|Photo Ben Legler
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</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==References==
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===References===
 
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 29 June 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

Photo by Ben Legler, 2004, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
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

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Description

Tufted, dioecious,[2] perennial herb[3] growing from a taproot and woody caudex with few white flowers, up to 40 cm tall.[4] Stems several, unbranched, slender, decumbent at base and ascending.[4] Basal leaves long-petiolate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, to 5 cm long;[3] cauline leaves in 1-8 pairs, becoming sessile distally.[4] Flowers bractate, actinomorphic; calyx fused, 5-lobed, 10-nerved, green,[2] becoming inflated and papery in fruit;[3] petals 5, creamy white with green or purple coloration, clawed, limbs 2-lobed;[4] stamens 10, epipetalous;[2] styles 3-5,[4] ovary superior, becoming a 1-celled capsule.[3]

Bloom Period

Late May - July [3]

Distribution

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

Habitat

Sagebrush steppe to open 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. [5]

Propagation

Easily propagated by cutting or seed [6]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20065#null
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. pp. 350-353.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Flora of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Silene_douglasii
  5. Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Silene%20douglasii
  6. http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIDO