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
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
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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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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
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