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Silene serpentinicola
Serpentine Indian pink is a small rhizomatous perennial with bright red flowers, native to serpentine soils in the Smith River basin of Del Norte County, California, and probably southwest Oregon. It is a rare endemic best grown in a free-draining, low-nutrient mineral mix with good sun.
Silene serpentinicola is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name serpentine Indian pink and serpentine catchfly.
It was described to science in 2004. It is currently known only from Del Norte County, California, where it is an endemic of the serpentine soils of the Smith River basin. It probably also occurs north of the border in Oregon. It is a resident of chaparral and coniferous forest habitat among other serpentine endemics.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene serpentinicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
