Silene occidentalis
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silene occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names western catchfly[1] and western campion.
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Silene occidentalis | |
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Herbarium specimen, subsp. longistipata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Silene |
Species: | S. occidentalis |
Binomial name | |
Silene occidentalis S.Watson 1875 | |
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It is endemic to northern California, where it is known from the southern Cascade Range and sections of the Modoc Plateau and Sierra Nevada. It grows in chaparral and mountain forest habitat.