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Silene caroliniana Walter
sticky catchfly

       
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Silene caroliniana Walter

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Distribution:
Silene caroliniana Walter

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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Silene caroliniana Walter

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 88 species in Silene or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. caroliniana. .
Silene caroliniana ssp. caroliniana
sticky catchfly
Distribution of Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica (Michx.) R.T. Clausen. .
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
Pennsylvania catchfly
Distribution of Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. wherryi (Small) R.T. Clausen. .
Silene caroliniana ssp. wherryi
Wherry's catchfly
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Silene caroliniana Walter

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus Silene L. – catchfly
Species Silene caroliniana Walter – sticky catchfly
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Silene caroliniana Walter

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
California catchfly              Endangered
New York:
wild pink              Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio:
Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica [=SICAP]
Carolina catchfly              Threatened
Silene caroliniana var. wherryi [=SICAW]
Wherry's catchfly              Endangered
Tennessee:
Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
Carolina pink              Threatened
 

More Accounts and Images:
Silene caroliniana Walter

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20055.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
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