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Silene

  • Family name: Caryophyllaceae
  • Common name: catchfly
  • Growth form: Forb
  • Names used on the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas maps:
    • Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: Silene

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  1. Silene    , catchfly
  2. Silene acaulis, example species. Plants forming compact, hemispherical or flat cushions up to 50 cm in diameter.
    Iceland, Bolungarv?k, Stigahli_, alt. 400-590, 66?11'N, 23?22'W. June 1995.
    Image author: A. Brysting ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Silene    , catchfly
  2. Silene involucrata, example species. Plants growing on disturbed gravel.
    Nunavut, Baffin Island, Iqaluit, 26 July 1982. Canada.
    Image author: J.M. Gillett ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Silene    , catchfly
  2. Silene sorensis, example species. Plants in flower, growing in gravel. Note fused, ovoid shaped calyx that is barely inflated and with prominent reddish lines; white, notched petals. Scale bar in cm.
    Banks Island, Aulavik National Park, 9 July, 1999, Aiken 99-036. Canada.
    Image author: Susan Aiken ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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  1. Silene    , catchfly
  2. Silene uralensis, example species. Plants growing in a sheltered gully.
    N.W.T., Banks Island, Sachs Harbour, 27 July 1981. Canada.
    Image author: J.M. Gillett ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image