Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Atocion armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Sweet William Catchfly at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Atocion armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Silene armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Silene armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-006:
Silene armeria FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sweet William Catchfly, Garden Catchfly, None-so-pretty
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_siar_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Atocion armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Atocion armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Silene armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-006:
Silene armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
3196
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p364
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p038
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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