Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene antirrhina
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Sleepy Catchfly at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene antirrhina
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Silene antirrhina
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-005:
Silene antirrhina FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene antirrhina
COMMON NAME:
Sleepy Catchfly, Garter-pink
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sian2_001_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm42509_023
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm42509_030
April Spartanburg County SC
The pink or white corolla opens only briefly in full sun, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm42709_027
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves spatulate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or linear; sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm43011_146
April Spartanburg County SC
Calyx tube ovoid, glabrous, 6-9mm long, its lobes frequently purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm43011_152
April Spartanburg County SC
Widely spaced pairs of narrow leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsantirhina_glass1
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The plant is quite distinctive: slender, wiry, & divaricately branched, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene antirrhina
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene antirrhina
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene antirrhina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-005:
Silene antirrhina
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene antirrhina
1379
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Dry, open woodlands, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & mostly opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p260
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p365
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p057
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p079
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p038
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