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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene catesbyi   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene polypetala   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Silene catesbaei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Silene polypetala

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Silene baldwinii

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly


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image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm100313_094

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1912

May    Crawford County    GA

The epithet has traditionally been spelled catesbaei, per Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern US (Weakley et al., 2020).

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1913

May    Crawford County    GA

Calyx becoming 2.5cm long, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1928

May    Crawford County    GA

A perennial that forms mats by rooting at the nodes of runners, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1930

May    Crawford County    GA

Stem leaves are opposite; basal leaves form evergreen rosettes, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1941

May    Crawford County    GA

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1947

May    Crawford County    GA

Stem leaves spatulate, 2.5-10cm long, sessile or tapered to a short stalk, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm180506_488

May    Crawford County    GA

The intricately fringed petals render this plant unmistakable, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Silene catesbyi, Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

Sam Pratt    sbp_1709

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Ultimate segments of each petal dichotomously forked at nearly right angles, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene catesbyi   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene polypetala   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Silene catesbaei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene polypetala

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene baldwinii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1381

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic deciduous forests along streams or on lower- to mid-slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves evergreen
Simple
Basal & opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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