Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica (Michx.) Fernald

  • Filed As

    Caryophyllaceae
    Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica (Michx.) Fernald

  • Collector(s)

    R. McVaugh 1347 with Lincoln Constance, 16 May 1943

  • Location

    United States of America. Maryland. Washington Co. above the Potomac River, about 1 mile northwest of the railroad bridge to Harpers Ferry (West Virginia).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3309511

    Occurrence ID: 735bdfcd-d505-431b-a73a-1a565c895619

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Maryland

  • County/Municipio

    Washington Co.

  • Locality

    above the Potomac River, about 1 mile northwest of the railroad bridge to Harpers Ferry (West Virginia)

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Silene caroliniana Walt.
var. pensylvanica (Michx.) Fern
ROBERT L. WILBUR 196&4 \^^()
Duke University Herbarium
PLANTAE EXSICCATAE GRAYANAE
1347. Silene caroliniana Walt. ,
Var. pensylvanica (Michx.) Fernald
In Rhodora, xlii. 260 (l940).
Syn. S. pensylvanica Michx. FI. Bor.-Am. i. 272 (l803) ;
Lindi. Bot. Reg. iii. t. 247 (l817) ; Ell. Bot. S. Car. &
Ga. i. 515 (l82l); Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. i. 90 (l880);
Gray, Man. 58 (1848); Gray & Sprague, Gen. FI. Am.
ii. 42, t. 115 (1849); Robinson in Gray, Syn. FI. i. pt.
1, 216 (1897). S. cheiranthoides Poir. in Lam. Encyc. Bot.
vii. 176 (l806). S. incarnata Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 41 (1817).
S. platypetala Otth. ex DC. Prod. i. 383 (l824). Melan-
dryum pennsilvanicum (Michx.) Rohrb., Monog. der Gatt.
Silene, 238 (1868) et in Linnaea, xxxvi. 251 (1869-1870).
Silene caroliniana subsp. pensylvanica (Michx.) Clausen in
Rhodora, xli. 580 (1939).
Petals varying from clear rose-pink to pure white.
In partial shade with Quercus, Vacciniiim, Rhus Toxico-
dendron, Saxifraga virginiensis, Viola pedata, Woodsia ob-
tusa, Houstonia caerulea, Antennaria and Hieracium venosum,
on steep shaly hillsides above the Potomac River, about 1
mile northwest of the railroad bridge to Harpers Ferry
(West Virginia), Washington County, Maryland.
Coll. Rogers McVaugh, Lincoln Constance May 16, 1948