PLANTS Profile for Silene dioica (red catchfly)

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PLANTS Profile

Silene dioica (L.) Clairville
red catchfly

Symbol:

SIDI4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	red campion

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Lychnis dioica

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Silene dioica (L.) Clairville

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Synonyms:
Silene dioica (L.) Clairville

	LYDI5	Lychnis dioica L.
	MEDI7	Melandrium dioicum (L.) Coss. & Germ.
	MEDIR	Melandrium dioicum (L.) Coss. & Germ. ssp. rubrum (Weigel) D. Löve
	MERU7	Melandrium rubrum (Weigel) Garcke

Distribution:
Silene dioica (L.) Clairville


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USA (CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Silene dioica (L.) Clairville

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 88 species in Silene

Classification:
Silene dioica (L.) Clairville

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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 dioica (L.) Clairville – red catchfly

Introduced Information:
Silene dioica (L.) Clairville

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Silene dioica (L.) Clairville

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20064.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 07:53 AM MDT