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Revision as of 18:35, 2 May 2020

  • Scientific Name: Silene scouleri subsp. hallii
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Common Names: Scouler's campion, Scouler's catchfly, wild pink, silene
  • Previous Names/Misapplications:
  • Codon: SILSCO
Silene scouleri
Photo Credit Rod Gilbert

Taxonomy

Silene scouleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllaceae
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. hallii grows in the Rocky Mountains, from BC to New Mexico, and is western Washington and Oregon, transitional to S. scouleri subsp. scouleri in the east Cascades.[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

References

  1. 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
  2. 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://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=silene+scouleri
  4. 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.