Silene stellata |
Silene latifolia |
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white campion |
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Habit | Plants annual, biennial or perennial; taproots and caudices woody. | |
Stems | erect or sometimes decumbent at base, 30–120 cm; branches few, generally hirsute, often glandular above. |
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Leaves | basal often withering; middle cauline oblanceolate to elliptic, 5–14.5 cm × 6–30(56) mm; upper cauline lanceolate to elliptic, 1.5–8 cm × 3–15 mm, gradually reduced upward. |
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Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels sometimes 0 (staminate flowers), glandular puberulent. |
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Flowers | unisexual, ascending to erect; calyces tubular (staminate) or ovoid (pistillate); much inflated in fruit, 12–20 mm, 10-veined (staminate) or 20-veined (pistillate), not netted above; pale commissures present; hirsute-glandular; lobes 3–6 mm; tips obtuse or acuminate; petal claws glabrous; appendages 2; limbs 7–9(12) mm, white; entire or lobes 2; stamens slightly exserted or equaling petal claws; styles 5, slightly exserted. |
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Fruits | ovoid; teeth 5, splitting to 10; stalks 1–2 mm. |
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Seeds | 1–2 mm, gray-brown, not winged. |
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2n | =24. |
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Silene stellata |
Silene latifolia |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Disturbed areas, field edges, shaded riverbanks. Flowering May–Sep. 0–1800 m. BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; throughout North America except far north and southeast; Europe. Exotic. Silene latifolia is an introduced species that may have arrived via ballast; the first collection in Oregon was made in 1911. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 572 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lychnis alba, Silene latifolia ssp. alba | |
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