Silene salmonacea is a rare, newly described species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Klamath Mountain catchfly[2] and salmon-flowered catchfly. It is known only from Trinity County, California, where it grows in the forests of the southern Klamath Mountains.[3] It is a member of the serpentine soils flora. It is a small perennial herb growing just a few centimeters tall. The spoon-shaped leaves are up to 3.5 centimeters long. The herbage is gray-green and lightly woolly in texture. Each flower has a tubular calyx of fused sepals lined with ten veins. There are five salmon pink petals, each with four lobes at the tip.
| Silene salmonacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. salmonacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Silene salmonacea T.W.Nelson, J.P.Nelson & S.A.Erwin
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This plant occurs in six areas, two of which contain fewer than five individuals.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b The Nature Conservancy
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Silene salmonacea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ Nelson, T. W., J. P. Nelson, and S. A. Erwin. (2006). A new species of Silene in the Silene hookeri complex (Caryophyllaceae) from the Klamath Mountains of Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Trinity County, California. Madroño 53(1): 72-76
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