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Simple Campion
Silene scouleri
  
1 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Simple Campion (Silene scouleri) 1 Nurseries Carry This Plant Silene scouleri is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names simple campion and Scouler's catchfly. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado. There are at least three subspecies which all vary in size, shape, habitat preference, and distribution. Some individuals are difficult to assign to a subspecies. ''Silene scouleri is a perennial herb producing one or more erect stems from a woody, branching caudex. The stem is usually unbranched, or simple, giving the plant its common name. The inflorescence may have few or many flowers in a dense or open cluster. Each flower has a tubular or bell-shaped calyx of fused sepals which has stark purple or green veins. The petals are white, sometimes with a greenish or pinkish tinge, or solid pink. They may have two to four lobes which are wide or narrow, rounded or pointed. Subspecies. Silene scouleri ssp. hallii - Hall's catchfly; in several areas of the Rocky Mountains, especially in Colorado. It has white, greenish, pinkish, or purple-tipped petals with two lobes, often with teeth along the sides. Silene scouleri ssp. pringlei - Pringle's catchfly; in the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, where it grows in mountains and canyons. It is slender and hairy. The petals are white, or green- or purple-tinged, and are deeply divided into fringelike lobes. Silene scouleri ssp. scouleri - Scouler's catchfly; along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to central California, and some areas inland. It grows in coastal prairie, bluffs, and other habitat. Its petals are white or pinkish, with two or four lobes and sometimes lateral teeth.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb, Perennial herb

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, White, Purple

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 21.8" - 63.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.28" - 1.97", Coldest Month: 46.6" - 51.1", Hottest Month: 55.4" - 66.6", Humidity: 0.48" - 11.47", Elevation: -111" - 1449"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Scouler Catchfly, Scouler's Campion, Scouler's Catchfly


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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