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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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
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.
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