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Silene antirrhina

Silene sibirica

sleepy catchfly
Habit Erect, simple to branched annual, 2-8 dm. tall, puberulent below and glabrous above, glandular in bands below the nodes.
Leaves

Basal leaves oblanceolate, 3-6 cm. long and 2-15 mm. wide;

cauline leaves several pairs, oblanceolate to linear.

Flowers

Flowers few to many in a compact or open inflorescence;

calyx 5-lobed, tubular, 4-10 mm. long, 10-nerved, glabrous;

petals 5, white to pink, with a narrow claw 2-3 times as long as the obcordate blade;

blade appendages two, 0.4 mm. long;

stamens 10;

styles 3.

Fruits

Capsule 3-celled.

Silene antirrhina

Silene sibirica
Flowering time May-August
Habitat Open areas, often where disturbed.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
S. acaulis, S. bernardina, S. conoidea, S. csereii, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. latifolia, S. menziesii, S. noctiflora, S. oregana, S. paradoxa, S. parryi, S. scouleri, S. seelyi, S. spaldingii, S. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
S. acaulis, S. antirrhina, S. bernardina, S. conoidea, S. csereii, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. latifolia, S. menziesii, S. noctiflora, S. oregana, S. paradoxa, S. parryi, S. scouleri, S. seelyi, S. spaldingii, S. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
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