Silene nuda
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| Silene nuda | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. nuda |
| Binomial name | |
| Silene nuda (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire | |
Silene nuda is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name western fringed catchfly. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and Modoc Plateau of California, its distribution extending into Oregon and Nevada. It grows in forest, woodland, and scrub habitat, sometimes in saline soils. It is a perennial herb growing from a thick, woody caudex and taproot, sending up one or more erect stems up to half a meter tall. The largest leaves are located in tufts around the caudex, each measuring up to 15 centimeters long by 3 wide. Smaller leaves occur farther up the stem. Each flower is encapsulated in a hairy, veined calyx of fused sepals. The five long petals are pink and each has two lobes at the tip.
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