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Taxon

Silene virginica L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 419. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (2).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (3).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (7).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (6).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (5).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (8).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (10).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (4).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (9).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (1).JPG

Silene virginica, Davidson, C 13015--Tennessee. Greene Co. Upstream on Paint Cr. 15 May 2015. DSC05790 (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Silene

Species

virginica

Taxonomic opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Distribution

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13015

May 15, 2016

Location

United States, North Carolina, Madison (Hot Springs)

35.943333, -82.896111

Location Remarks

Pisgah National Forest. Along French Broad River just E of the Tennessee state line and E of Paint Rock. 387 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#318,521 of 335,497

Top 95%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →