Silene verecunda
Silene verecunda | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Silene |
Species: | S. verecunda
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Binomial name | |
Silene verecunda |
Silene verecunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name San Francisco campion.[1]
It is native to western North America, particularly California and Baja California, as well as Nevada and Utah. It grows in a number of habitat types, from coastline to high alpine mountain slopes, and including chaparral, woodlands, and meadows.
Description
[edit]Silene verecunda is an extremely variable plant. In general, it is a perennial herb growing 10 centimeters to over half a meter tall, usually with several erect stems. It is hairy, and usually glandular and sticky in texture. The lance-shaped leaves are variable in size, the largest ones usually growing at the caudex.
Each flower is encapsulated in a tubular calyx of fused sepals which is lined with ten veins. The petals are white or pink and have two lobes in their tips and two appendages at their bases.
References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Silene verecunda". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
External links
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- Jepson Manual Treatment of Silene verecunda
- CalFlora Database: Silene verecunda (Dolores Campion, San Francisco campion)
- USDA Plants Profile for Silene verecunda
- Flora of North America
- UC Photos gallery: Silene verecunda
- Silene
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Caryophyllaceae stubs