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Sleepy silene

Silene antirrhina

Also called Sleepy Catchfly, Sleepy Campion, Catchfly, Sleepy Silene, Catchfly

Sleepy silene
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Canada to Mexico (NW. Baja California, Guadalupe)
Climate
temperate

About

Silene antirrhina is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names sleepy silene and sleepy catchfly. It is native to North America and has been introduced to South America and Europe.

Where it grows

Silene antirrhina is native to North America. According to Plants of the World Online (POWO), its native range is from Canada to Mexico. POWO does not include South America as part of its native range.

Other Silene plants

Moss campion · Silene acutifolia · Egyptian Campion · Silene akaisialpina · Kamalo Gulch catchfly · Pink Family · Silene amoena · Silene andicola · Silene andryalifolia · Naked catchfly · Silene apetala · Silene argaea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene antirrhina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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