OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene ovata   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

Silene ovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-009:

Silene ovata   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

Silene ovata

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly


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image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

JK Marlow    jkm170826_809

August    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Petals not merely fringed but very deeply cleft into linear segments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Penny Longhurst    pen_20170815_113908

August    Buncombe County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Penny Longhurst    pen_20210813_112320

August    Buncombe County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Leaves sessile, oval to elliptical, tapering to a sharp point, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220819_132536

August    Buncombe County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Plant coarse, pubescent. Leaves ovate; base broad, rounded somewhat clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220819_133448

August    Buncombe County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

Flowers in panicle-like terminal clusters, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220819_133452

August    Buncombe County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

image of Silene ovata, Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Penny Longhurst    pen_20220819_133500

August    Buncombe County    NC

Mountains to Sea Trail

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene ovata   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-009:
Silene ovata   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3071

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Circumneutral soils of woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, mostly at medium elevations in the mountains, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (historically in SC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed tubular calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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