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Caryophyllaceae
Silene

not marked as a favorite taxon Silene virginica Linnaeus var. virginica. Common name: Fire-pink. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs, roadbanks. Distribution: PA west to s. ON and se. MI, south to Panhandle FL (Bay County), GA and OK.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Tn, WV; < Silene virginica L. — Ar, C, Can, F, Fl4, FNA5, G, Il, K4, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, W, WH3. Basionym: Silene virginica L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Silene virginica - FNA5

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Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Silene virginica var. virginica© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Silene virginica var. virginica© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Silene virginica var. virginica© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Silene virginica var. virginica© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to leaning perennial of woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs and roadbanks.

Stems: Stems branched from the plant base and covered with sticky hairs.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, the basal ones petiolate and stem leaves sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in open, branching terminal cluster; red, about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, deeply and unevenly notched petals with a ring of small, red teeth in their center, and a tubular calyx nearly 1 in. long and covered in sticky hairs.

Fruits: Fruit an ellisoid capsule, 1/2-1 in. long.

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Height: 8-32 in.

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description: Erect to leaning perennial of woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs and roadbanks.

stems: Stems branched from the plant base and covered with sticky hairs.

leaves: Leaves opposite, the basal ones petiolate and stem leaves sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in open, branching terminal cluster; red, about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, deeply and unevenly notched petals with a ring of small, red teeth in their center, and a tubular calyx nearly 1 in. long and covered in sticky hairs.

fruits: Fruit an ellisoid capsule, 1/2-1 in. long.

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native range: eastern & central N. America



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