Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Silene catesbaei
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene polypetala
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene baldwinii
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly
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JK Marlow jkm100313_094
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm180506_1912
May Crawford County GA
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JK Marlow jkm180506_1913
May Crawford County GA
Calyx becoming 2.5cm long, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm180506_1930
May Crawford County GA
Stem leaves are opposite; basal leaves form evergreen rosettes, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm180506_1941
May Crawford County GA
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm180506_488
May Crawford County GA
The intricately fringed petals render this plant unmistakable, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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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 (5/21/15):
Silene catesbaei
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene polypetala
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene baldwinii
1381
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare, endemic to GA & FL
Look for it in mesic deciduous forests along streams or on lower- to mid-slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Basal leaves evergreen
Simple
Basal & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pink
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p135
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p365
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p010
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p256