Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Silene at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Silene pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Infraspecific classification in the Carolina flora (Wilbur, 1970)
Silene caroliniana ssp. caroliniana var. pensylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-008?:
Silene caroliniana FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Northern Wild-pink, Sticky Catchfly, Pennsylvania Catchfly
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_caroliniana_pens1
May Dare County NC
Plant < 25cm tall; taproot carrot-like; leaf surface glabrous, margins ciliate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_caroliniana_pens1b
May Dare County NC
The inflorescence is very sticky and crowded w pale or deep pink flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Silene pensylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Infraspecific classification in the Carolina flora (Wilbur, 1970)
Silene caroliniana ssp. caroliniana var. pensylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-008?:
Silene caroliniana
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene caroliniana
3195
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Open woodlands, especially calcareous, but also in sandy soils of the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite (1-2 pairs of stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p010
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p056
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p078
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p038
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