Silene caroliniana

Silene caroliniana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Subgenus: S. subg. Behenantha
Sectio: S. sect. Physolychnis
Species: Silene caroliniana
Subspecies: S. c. subsp. caroliniana – S. c. subsp. pensylvanica – S. c. subsp. wherryi

Name

Silene caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol. 142 [as 241] (1788).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Silene caroliniana subsp. typica R.T.Clausen, Rhodora 41: 578 (1939), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Kansas, Missouri. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii + 263 pp., John Fraser, London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene caroliniana. Accessed: 2026 April 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Silene caroliniana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene caroliniana. Accessed: 22 April 2026. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene caroliniana. Published online. Accessed: 13 September 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Silene caroliniana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 September 2019. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Sticky Catchfly

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