Silene greenei, commonly known as bell catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Caryophyllaceae].[1][2][3] It is a perennial herb that is native to the western United States (Oregon and California).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. greenei
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| Silene greenei (S.Watson) Howell
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Description
editSpecimens have a taproot and a stout, woody, many-branched caudex, producing many erect-to-straggling little branched flowering shoots. Stems are 5-40 cm long with trichomes, soft to scabrous with eglandular or viscid-glandular, especially distally. They have very rarely glabrous and with several pairs of two leaves with equaling or shorter than stem. Flowers have ten-veined sepals and are often greenish but rarely can be pink or purple. Seeds are brown and are 2-2.5 mm broad.[4]
Distribution and habitat
editThe nominate subspecies S. g. greenei, the common bell catchfly, is native to northern California and southern Oregon.[5] S. g. angustifolia, the red mountain catchfly, is considered Critically Imperilled and only found in the mountains of California.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Silene greenei (S. Watson ex B. L. Rob.) Howell". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Calflora Observation".
- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ "Silene greenei in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ "OregonFlora - Google Map".