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Silene Linnaeus. Common name: Catchfly, Campion, Fire-pink, Wild-pink.
A genus of about 700 species, of Eurasia and North America.
References: Bittrich (1993a) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Clausen (1939); Morton (2005c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005); Weakley & Poindexter (2020b) In Weakley et al. (2020); Wilbur (1970b); Wright et al. (2023). Show full citations.
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© Richard & Teresa Ware | Silene regia CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Silene ovata | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Silene vulgaris CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Silene rotundifolia, Cumberland Plateau, White County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler | Silene rotundifolia source | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Silene latifolia | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Silene stellata CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Alan M. Cressler | Silene rotundifolia | Original Image ⭷
no rights reserved | Silene chalcedonica source | Original Image ⭷
© John Gwaltney | Silene antirrhina | Original Image ⭷
© Joe Dillon, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joe Dillon | Silene disticha source | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Silene rotundifolia | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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