Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene regia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene regia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Silene regia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene regia
COMMON NAME:
Royal Catchfly
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sire2_001_lvd
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Sam Pratt sbp061221_0699
June Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Leaves lance-shaped w fine white hairs, each pair perpendicular to the next, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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JK Marlow jkm230706_4356
July Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Inflorescences terminal, cymose, compound, many-flowered, bracteate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230706_4358
July Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Leaves sessile; blade 3-veined, lanceolate to ovate, rounded into base, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_regia_royal_catc_22
July
Petals usually entire, sometimes slightly notched (vs. S virginica notched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_silene_regiaa
July
Calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular in flower, 18-25 x 3-4mm, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_silene_regia_12
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene regia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene regia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene regia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene regia
3786
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies and calcareous woodlands and forests, dry upper slopes of limestone bluff woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer
Red
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer?
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p367
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p365
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p153
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p080
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