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  Species Account: Silene spaldingii
Silene cseri is an annual species with long petal blades and foliage that is often not sticky-pubescent.
Global: Silene spaldingii is endemic to mesic grasslands of the Palouse Prairie region in eastern Washington and adjacent portions of northeastern Oregon and north-central Idaho, and also in northwestern Montana.
Idaho: In Idaho, Silene spaldingii occurs in the Palouse Prairie region in Nez Perce, Lewis, and adjacent Idaho counties.
fishandgame.idaho.gov /cdc/spp_accounts_plants/silspa.cfm   (1906 words)

  
  Plants Belonging to the Genus 'Silene'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Silene bryoides synonym of Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)
Silene exscapa synonym of Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)
Silene viscaria synonym of Lychnis viscaria (Clammy Campion)
www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Caryophyllaceae/Silene.html   (55 words)

  
 Buy Silene SDR4928   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Silene kantzeensis is a species from the Chinese mountains, making neat, compact cushions of narrow leaves, with large flowers, rose pink, which therefore make it an extremely attractive alpine plant.
Silene SDR4329 has bright pink flowers, and grows in the limetsone gravel bed of a river, which only rarely is flooded sufficiently to submerge the plants.
Silene vulgaris SDR1761 is most unusual, as it is the huge calyces than are the most attractive feature.
www.kevockgarden.co.uk /plantlist/silene_sdr4928.htm   (238 words)

  
 Silene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Silene has an attractive trailing habit which makes it a useful plant for cascading over walls or raised stonework.
Silene makes a nice association with Artemesia 'Silver Mound', Campanula carpatica, Dianthus, Festuca and Stachys.
Silene 'Swan Lake' - 4-6" Large double white blossoms that resemble small Carnations in spring.
www.williams-nursery.com /silene.htm   (97 words)

  
 Silene
SIlene in this wide circumscription is tentatively subdivided into more than 20 sections, but knowledge of this large genus is still incomplete.
Kubitzki (1993) holds that the "seed morphology, especially the form of testa cells, was variously found to be of great diagnostic value mainly for separating taxa at the species level."
The genus Silene, along with most of the Family Caryophyllaceae, does not yield and true economic benefits as of yet.
www.discoverlife.org /nh/tx/Plantae/Dicotyledoneae/Caryophyllaceae/Silene   (370 words)

  
 Thomas Schoepke Plant Image Gallery - Caryophyllaceae
Silene cretica - Native, from Selena Oro, Crete, Greece (inflorescence)
Silene latifolia - Native, from Germany, Ost-Vorpommern district (inflorescence)
Silene secundiflora - Native, from Alcudia Peninsula, Mallorca, Spain (inflorescence)
www.pharmakobotanik.de /gallery/gal-cary.htm   (1893 words)

  
 silene
Silene that differ in their floral design and reward system.
Silene virginica has red tubular flowers that are primarily hummingbird pollinated.
Silene caroliniana appears to be visited primarily during the day and clearwing hawkmoths and Bombus are some of the common visitors.
www.life.umd.edu /biology/dudashlab/silene.html   (265 words)

  
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Silene X hampeana Meusel & K. Werner [dioica X latifolia].
Silene perlmanii W.L. Wagner, Herbst & Sohmer - Cliff-face catchfly.
Silene tayloriae (B.L. Robins.) Hultén - Peel river catchfly.
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/cgi/ruled_html_query?colldir=kartesz/mgdata&collname=bonap98&query=Silene   (1191 words)

  
 Silene virginica Fire Pink Plants
Silene virginica Fire Pink is a beautiful and showy native wildflower that does best in light shade in average well drained soil.
Silene virginica Fire Pink is a shockingly crimson flower found in dry open woodlands.
Silene virginica fire Pink is beautiful planted among other native wildflowers in a hummingbird butterfly garden.
www.easywildflowers.com /quality/sil.vir.htm   (364 words)

  
 Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo - Plant: Silene colorata (Silene sericea)
Silene = probably from the Greek sialon, "saliva," referring to the gummy exudation on the stems, and/or named for Silenus, the intoxicated foster-father of Bacchus (god of wine) who was covered with foam, much like the glandular secretions of many species of this genus ;
It could be either that both names apply to the same plant and one is the old version of the other or if the names apply to two different species they are very close related.
The fact is that this species does not yet have an English world and is referred to by its botanical name.
www.marz-kreations.com /WildPlants/CRYO/Silene_sericea.html   (2396 words)

  
 Silene --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
(also called catchfly, or campion), genus of annual or perennial herbs of the pink family with sticky stems; among the many species cultivated in gardens are sweet William catchfly (Silene armeria) with fragrant rose-colored flowers and moss campion (S.
Members of the genus are commonly called catchfly, or campion, names that also are used for related plants of the genus Silene of the same family.
(also called catchfly, or campion), genus of annual or perennial herbs of the pink family with sticky stems; among the many species cultivated in gardens are sweet William catchfly (Silene armeria) with fragrant rose-colored flowers and moss campion (S. acaulis), which forms a mosslike cushion and bears small pink or white flowers.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9336537   (369 words)

  
 CiteULike: Flower scent composition in night-flowering Silene species (Caryophyllaceae)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Floral scent of 13 night-flowering Silene species (Caryophyllaceae) was collected by headspace adsorption and analysed via gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Among the benzenoids, benzaldehyde (Silene subconica 35.5%, Silene succulenta 23.1%, Silene sericea 15.6%, Silene vulgaris 12.2%, and Silene nutans 9.9%), methylbenzoate (Silene saxifraga 96.1%, S. succulenta 15.2%), benzyl acetate (Silene dichotoma 37.8%, S. nutans 30.1%, Silene italica 9.0%, and Silene latifolia 5.5%), or benzyl alcohol (Silene viscosa 36.1%) occur in the largest amounts.
Higher amounts of sesquiterpenes (isoprenoids) were only found in Silene vallesia with [beta]-bourbonene and [gamma]-muurolene.The vast majority of chemicals identified are common components of a wide array of scented angiosperm flowers.
www.citeulike.org /user/taka/article/1022178   (565 words)

  
 Silene verecunda verecunda San Francisco Campion
Silene verecunda verecunda San Francisco Campion tolerates salt and sand.
Silene verecunda verecunda San Francisco Campion's foliage type is deciduous.
Silene verecunda verecunda San Francisco Campion's flower color is pink.
www.laspilitas.com /plants/640.htm   (319 words)

  
 Friendster - Silene
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www.friendster.com /568406   (160 words)

  
 Silene Pennsylvanica - LoveToKnow Garden
Silene Pennsylvanica - The wild Pink of America is a dwarf plant, forming dense patches, with clusters of six or eight purplish-rose flowers, about 1 inch across, and standing 4 to 7 inches high from April to June.
It thrives in light sandy soil, and is not fastidious, coming from sandy, gravelly places.
It will often flower the first year from seed, but mostly not till the second season.
garden.lovetoknow.com /wiki/Silene_Pennsylvanica   (88 words)

  
 Sorting Silene names
L. Silene oraria M. Peck -> Silene douglasii var.
Silene porrigens Gouan ex L. -> Gypsophila pilosa Huds.
ITALIAN : Silene aprentesi di notte, Silene che si apre di notte.
www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au /Sorting/Silene.html   (455 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Silene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Silene Broskve a Jine Zazitky by Tatiana Kejvalova (Hardcover - 1997)
Life-cycle phases of a zinc- and cadmium-resistant ecotype of Silene vulgaris in risk assessment of polymetallic mine soils [An article from: Environmental Pollution by W. Ernst and H. Nelissen (Mar 1, 2000)
The seeds of silene and lychnis by W. H Wright (Unknown Binding - 1948)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Silene&tag=asiaobserver&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (316 words)

  
 Silene regia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
SIMILAR SPECIES:  Only two other Ohio Silene species have bright scarlet flowers like S.
A revision of the North American species of Silene.
King, C.C. Distribution of royal catchfly (Silene regia) with Special reference to Ohio populations.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /dnap/Abstracts/S/sileregi.htm   (383 words)

  
 Silene virginica
Small clusters of scarlet red flowers (2" across) with five notched petals appear in spring atop long, slender stems.
Silene is in the same family as Lychnis and Dianthus.
Best in part shade areas of rock gardens, wildflower gardens, native plant gardens, cottage gardens or woodland gardens.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=M370   (96 words)

  
 Seed Saving ~ Silene or Campion
Silenes are a large family of endearing wildflowers, blooming in the white, pink and red color range.
Silenes produce seed pods that are shaped like cups.
Some varieties make seed pods that are short and squat and some may be narrow and more slender in appearance.
www.wintersown.org /wseo1/Silene_Seeds.html   (237 words)

  
 Thomas Schoepke Plant Image Gallery - Caryophyllaceae
Silene alpestris - Cultivated, at Greifswald Botanical Garden, Germany (whole plant)
Silene mollissima - Cultivated, at Sóller Botanical Garden, Mallorca, Spain (whole plant)
Silene mollissima - Cultivated, at Sóller Botanical Garden, Mallorca, Spain (inflorescence)
pharm1.pharmazie.uni-greifswald.de /gallery/gal-cary.htm   (1799 words)

  
 PLANTS Profile for Silene gallica (common catchfly) | USDA PLANTS
Silene gallica L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Silene thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
Silene gallica L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
Silene gallica L. This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries.
plants.usda.gov /java/profile?symbol=SIGA   (234 words)

  
 SILENE Meaning and Definition - Dictionary - eLook.org
SILENE Meaning and Definition - Dictionary - eLook.org
red campion, red bird's eye, Silene dioica, Lychnis dioica
white campion, evening lychnis, white cockle, bladder campion, Silene latifolia, Lychnis alba
www.elook.org /dictionary/silene.html   (29 words)

  
 Silene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Silene 'Robin White Breast' Grey foliage, large white bells in summer Height 15cm Price : £1.75...
Silene - Compacta Nigrescens DioicaThelma Kay DioicaMinikin DioicaRosea Plena UnifloraDruetts...
Silene mexicana Silene mexicana ~ Silene mexicana ~ Code Description Price Status 3284 1 packet...
www.gardenfind.co.uk /Silene.asp   (161 words)

  
 ITIS Standard Report Page: Silene vulgaris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Silene latifolia (P. Mill.) Britten & Rendle, non Poir.
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke -- bladder campion, bladder silene, cowbell, maiden's tears, maiden's-tears, maidenstears, rattleweed
The time it takes to return results is dependant on the speed of the individual sites and may take several minutes.
www.itis.usda.gov /servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20142   (97 words)

  
 Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo - Plant: Silene vulgaris (Bladder campion) - Wild Plants of Malta (by Stephen Mifsud)
Silene = probably from the Greek sialon, "saliva," referring to the gummy exudation on the stems, and/or named for Silenus, the intoxicated foster-father of Bacchus (god of wine) who was covered with foam, much like the glandular secretions of many species of this genus (Latin);
Survey on domestication perspectives and uses of Salsola soda L., Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke, Campanula Ranunculus L. e Papaver rhoeas L. as minor vegetables in the Romagna region.
Genetic architecture of traits associated with habitat adaptation in Silene Vulgaris (Pdf file)
www.maltawildplants.com /CRYO/Silene_vulgaris.html   (2534 words)

  
 Silene (campions and catchflies)
Silene dioica x latifolia (S. x hampeana) Meusel and K.Werner (Hybrid Campion)
Silene may be covered by literature listed under:
Silene may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
www.bioimages.org.uk /HTML/T3046.HTM   (58 words)

  
 Silene -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
(Perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals) Silene virginica ((Click link for more info and facts about firepink) firepink or (Click link for more info and facts about fiery campion) fiery campion)
The ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus Silene are (Plants having seeds in a closed ovary) flowering plants in the ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera) family (Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)) Caryophyllaceae.
They include several (Any plant of the genus Silene) Campions along with the related genus (Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone) Lychnis
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/silene.htm   (321 words)

  
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Drummond's campion Silene gallica L. common catchfly Silene grayi S. Wats.
Oregon silene Silene parryi (S. Wats.) C.L. Hitchc.
Suksdorf's silene Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke maidenstears Spergula arvense L. corn spurry Spergula arvense var.
www.swsbm.com /HOMEPAGE/Floras/ORchklst.txt   (11291 words)

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