Difference between revisions of "Silene scouleri"
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| − | * Scientific Name: ''Silene scouleri'' subsp. | + | * Scientific Name: ''Silene scouleri'' subsp. scouleri |
* Family: Caryophyllaceae | * Family: Caryophyllaceae | ||
* Common Names: Scouler's campion, Scouler's catchfly, wild pink, silene | * Common Names: Scouler's campion, Scouler's catchfly, wild pink, silene | ||
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* Codon: SILSCO | * Codon: SILSCO | ||
[[File:SISC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Silene scouleri'' <br> Photo Credit Rod Gilbert]] | [[File:SISC.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Silene scouleri'' <br> Photo Credit Rod Gilbert]] | ||
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| classis = Magnoliopsida | | classis = Magnoliopsida | ||
| subclassis = Caryophyllidae | | subclassis = Caryophyllidae | ||
| − | | ordo = | + | | ordo = Caryophyllales |
| familia = Caryophyllaceae | | familia = Caryophyllaceae | ||
| genus = '''''Silene''''' L. | | genus = '''''Silene''''' L. | ||
| species = '''''Silene scouleri''''' Hook | | species = '''''Silene scouleri''''' Hook | ||
| − | | subspecies = | + | | subspecies = ''S. scouleri'' subsp. ''scouleri'' |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | ''S. scouleri'' subsp''. | + | ''S. scouleri'' subsp''. scouleri'' grows in west Cascades, B.C. to California, transitional to ''S. scouleri'' subsp. ''scouleri'' in the east Cascades in Washington and Oregon.<ref>Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, |
B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''. | B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''. | ||
Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref> | ||
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File:Wtu027621 md.jpg|Rod Gilbert 2005 | File:Wtu027621 md.jpg|Rod Gilbert 2005 | ||
File:SILSCO.jpg|Rod Gilbert 2006 | File:SILSCO.jpg|Rod Gilbert 2006 | ||
| + | File:SILSCO1.jpg| Young plant, CNLM | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Revision as of 14:20, 2 June 2020
- Scientific Name: Silene scouleri subsp. scouleri
- Family: Caryophyllaceae
- Common Names: Scouler's campion, Scouler's catchfly, wild pink, silene
- Codon: SILSCO
Contents
Taxonomy
| Silene scouleri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Caryophyllidae |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene L. |
| Species: | Silene scouleri Hook |
| Subspecies: | S. scouleri subsp. scouleri |
Description
Erect perennial herb, several stemmed, up to 8 dm tall.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, numerous, the basal slender-petiolate, the blades oblanceolate, up to 15 cm. long and 3 cm. wide; cauline leaves 2-8 pairs, reduced gradually upward, becoming sessile above.
Flowers: Flowers numerous, the inflorescence narrow and elongate, consisting of a series of small, congested, lateral cymes; calyx broadly tubular, 5-lobed, 10-18 mm. long; corolla greenish-white to purplish, the claw of the petal 7-16 mm. long, the blade flaring, 4-8 mm. long, from bi-lobed to nearly equally 4-lobed, with 2 appendages at the base, 1-3 mm. long; ovary with a stalk 3-6 mm. long, puberulent to woolly; stamens 10; styles 3.
Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.[1]
Bloom Period
June - August [1]
Distribution
S. scouleri subsp. scouleri grows in west Cascades, B.C. to California, transitional to S. scouleri subsp. scouleri in the east Cascades in Washington and Oregon.[2]
Habitat
Prairies and open forest, low to moderate elevations [1]
Uses
First Nations
Nɨwɨ medicine, a warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.[3]
Propagation
Store seeds in refrigerator. Time to germination: 7 days. High percentage germination recorded. [4]
Photo Gallery
Rod Gilbert 2005
Rod Gilbert 2006
Young plant, CNLM
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=scouleri
- ↑ 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://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=silene+scouleri
- ↑ Butler, Jennifer; Frieswyk, Christin. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of Silene scouleri seeds; USDI NPS - Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 14 May 2012). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery.
