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 caroliniana var. pensylvanica   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key


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

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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image of Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica, Northern Wild-pink, Sticky Catchfly, Pennsylvania Catchfly

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.

image of Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica, Northern Wild-pink, Sticky Catchfly, Pennsylvania Catchfly

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
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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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