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Silene regia
Silene regia is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name royal catchfly. It is native to the central United States. It is a perennial herb that grows from a fleshy taproot and has several upright stems growing up to 1.6 meters (5 ft 3 in) tall. The leaves are lance-shaped to oval and up to 12 centimeters (4.7 in) long, becoming smaller higher up the stem. The inflorescence is an array of flowers at the top of the stem. The elongate tubular calyx of sepals is up to 2.5 centimeters (0.98 in) long and has 10 longitudinal veins. The lobes of the bright red corolla are 1 to 2 centimeters (0.39 to 0.79 in) long.
The flowers are pollinated by the ruby-throated hummingbird. This plant is similar to the other two red-flowered eastern North American Silene, S. virginica and S. rotundifolia.
Moss campion · Silene acutifolia · Egyptian Campion · Silene akaisialpina · Kamalo Gulch catchfly · Pink Family · Silene amoena · Silene andicola · Silene andryalifolia · Sleepy silene · Naked catchfly · Silene apetala
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene regia 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.
