Silene drummondii Hook.
Drummond's Campion
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Jamie Fenneman     (Photo ID #17189)


Map

E-Flora BC Static Map

Distribution of Silene drummondii
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Silene drummondii var. drummondii

Species Information

General:
Perennial herb from a taproot and simple or branched crown; stems erect, solitary or several, simple or branched, strongly hairy, the hairs downswept, becoming glandular above, often with purple cross walls above, 20-50 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves in a rosette, the blades lanceolate or elliptic to oblanceolate, hairy, 2-10 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, narrowed to slender stalks; stem leaves opposite, usually linear, hairy, remote, 2-4 pairs, much reduced; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of perfect, solitary to several flowers inconspicuously bracted in a loose narrow cluster; petals 5, white or pinkish, often included in the calyces, or the blades exserted, stalklike at the bases, the stalks narrow and gradually flared above and usually broader than the blades, the blades 1-3 mm long, oblong, notched to shallowly 2- or sometimes 4-lobed, with 2 appendages; sepals 5, united, forming a tube 10-15 mm long, glandular, enlarged (but not inflated) in fruit, 10-nerved.
Fruits:
Capsules narrowly oblong, 4- or (usually) 5-valved; seeds dark brown, about 0.4-0.7 mm long, prominently wrinkled and pimply concentrically.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Silene drummondii

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)
994 520 2380
Slope Gradient (%)
12 0 65

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

194 13 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
3 0 5
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
C
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
75
Modal BEC Zone Class
IDF

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

BAFA(3), BG(21), ICH(1), IDF(43), IMA(1), MS(1), PP(2), SBPS(1), SBS(2)

Habitat and Range

Dry shrublands, meadows and forest openings in the steppe to alpine zones; rare at scattered locations throughout BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; E to S MB and S to NE, CO, AZ and NV.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia