Silene antirrhina L.
sleepy catchfly (sleepy silene)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
sleepy catchfly (sleepy silene)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, slender, simple to branched, more or less downsweptly short-hairy below, becoming glabrous above, usually purplish sticky-glandular in bands below the nodes or occasionally nonglandular, 20-80 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, 3-6 cm long and 2-20 mm wide; stem leaves opposite, several pairs, oblanceolate to linear, glabrous to rough-hairy or short-hairy; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of few to many flowers in a compact to open cluster; petals 5, white to pink, usually withered by day, stalklike at the bases, the narrow stalks about 2-3 times as long as the heart-shaped blades; sepals 5, united, forming a tube 4-10 mm long, 10-nerved, glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsules egg-shaped, 3-chambered; seeds blackish, 0.6-1.0 mm long, with 3-4 concentric rows of low pimples.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Silene antirrhina
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
704 | 335 | 1128 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
40 | 0 | 85 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
182 | 70 | 335 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
1 | 0 | 3 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
37 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(7), ICH(8), IDF(5), PP(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry roadsides, fields and open forests in the lowland, steppe and montane zones, frequent in S BC; E to PQ and NB and S to TX, AZ, NM and MX.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Silene antirrhina var. confinis Fernald
Silene antirrhina var. depauperata Rydb.
Silene antirrhina var. divaricata B.L. Rob.
Silene antirrhina var. laevigata Engelm. & A. Gray
Silene antirrhina var. subglaber Engelm. & A. Gray
Silene antirrhina var. vaccarifolia Rydb.