Silene gallica L.

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

- Pink family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Silene gallica L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 417 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Common catchfly

English name: five-wound catchfly

English name: French catchfly

French name: silène de France

Italian name: Silene gallica

German name: französisches Leimkraut

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Biennial

Synonyms:
= Silene anglica L.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:

Page counter: 1337 ( AVG: 240.35 / 323.077 )

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Silene gallica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola dell'Asinara, Comune di Porto Torres, località Fornelli, SS, Sardegna, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Silene gallica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Olmedo, area collinare ad ovest dell'abitato, SS, Sardegna, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Beppe Di Gregorio

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Silene gallica

Silene gallica
Habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Silene gallica
Flowering habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by L.R.

Silene gallica
Flower at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Silene gallica
Flowering habit at Polipoli, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Silene gallica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Silene gallica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Isola del Giglio, area agricola abbandonata presso Giglio Castello. , GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Silene gallica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Dintorni di Leonforte, prati., EN, Sicilia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by L.R.

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Silene gallica
Credit: Photo by Alfonso La Rosa

Silene gallica

Silene gallica
Flowers at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, LA, MA, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, PE)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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1) Silene inaperta L. [344]
2) Silene italica (L.) Pers. [654]
3) Silene laciniata Cav. var. greggii (A. Gray) S. Watson [258]
4) Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet [1119]
5) Silene noctiflora L. [1251]
6) Silene regia Sims [421]
7) Silene scouleri Hook. ssp. hallii (S. Watson) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire [340]
8) Silene tayloriae (B.L. Rob.) Hultén [376]
9) Silphium compositum Michx. var. reniforme (Raf. ex Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray [337]
10) Simarouba glauca DC. [1217]

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