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Silene douglasii

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Silene douglasii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. douglasii
Binomial name
Silene douglasii

Silene douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name Douglas's catchfly.[1]

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Wyoming, where it grows in several habitat types, including forests, woodlands, and coastal scrub.[1]

Description

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Silene douglasii is a tufted perennial herb growing from a branching caudex and taproot, its stems decumbent to erect and up to 70 centimeters long. The stem is coated in curly or feltlike gray-white hairs. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 6 centimeters long on the lower stem and are smaller farther up.

Each flower is encapsulated in a cylindrical inflated calyx of sepals lined with ten green or purple-red veins. It is open at the tip, revealing five white, pink or purplish petals, each with two wide lobes at the tip.

Varieties

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There are three varieties of this species.

  • Silene douglasii var. douglasii [2][3]
  • Silene douglasii var. oraria — Seabluff catchfly, rare and endemic to the Oregon coastline.[4]
  • Silene douglasii var. rupinae [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Silene douglasii​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. ^ USDA: Silene douglasii var. douglasii
  3. ^ Calflora: Silene douglasii var. douglasii
  4. ^ USDA: Silene douglasii var. oraria
  5. ^ USDA: Silene douglasii var. rupinae
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