Silene viscaria

(Linnaeus) Jessen

Deut. Excurs.-Fl., 280. 1879.

Common names: Sticky catchfly
Introduced
Basionym: Lychnis viscaria Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 436. 1753
Synonyms: Lychnis viscosa Scopoli Steris viscaria (Linnaeus) Rafinesque Viscaria viscosa (Scopoli) Ascherson Viscaria vulgaris Bernhardi
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 212. Mentioned on page 168.

Distribution

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Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.Y., Ohio, Europe

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Silene viscaria"
awned +  and not hooded +
fimbriate;dissected;2-lobed;acute;obtuse +
John K. Morton +
(Linnaeus) Jessen +
Lychnis viscaria +
dentate +, emarginate to 2-fid +  and entire +
linear +  and obovate or spatulate +
rarely +  and not succulent +
reduced +
scarious +  and herbaceous +
ovoid;globose +
conspicuous +
Sticky catchfly +
dissected +  and variously--shaped +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +  and Europe +
peripheral +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
glandular-pubescent +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
branched +  and simple +
sessile +  and petiolate +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
conspicuous +
oblanceolate;obovate +
purplish +  and green +
1 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
broadly triangular +  and lance-oblong or linear +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
off-white tinged with purple +, dusky purple +, scarlet +, pink +  and white +
fugacious +
Deut. Excurs.-Fl., +
reddish;gray or black +
papillate +  and tuberculate +
reniform +  and globose +
2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
Introduced +
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
fewer +  and 10 +
branched +  and simple +
prostrate +, decumbent +  and sprawling +
ascending;erect +
[30 +, 4 +, 5 +  and 3 +
papillate +
distinct +
4 +, 5 +  and 3 +
filiform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Lychnis viscosa +, Steris viscaria +, Viscaria viscosa +  and Viscaria vulgaris +
Silene viscaria +
species +
6 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
divided +
10-30-veined +
purplish +, whitish +  and green +
inflated +, terete +, cylindric +  and campanulate urceolate or clavate +
membranous +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
herb +  and cespitose +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +