Silene gallica

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Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Silene gallica Linnaeus
Common Name:Small Flower Catchfly; Windmill Pink
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Growth Habit:Herb
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Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SIGA
Plant Notes:Small Flower Catchfly is an introduced annual in the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but has been introduced worldwide. In Alabama it has been found in the southern half of the state. Small Flower Catchfly occurs in disturbed areas, on roadsides, and in fallow fields. It is a branched, erect or sprawling herbaceous annual from a tap root. The stems are green in color and pubescent with long bent whitish hairs and shorter glandular hairs. The leaves are opposite, short petiolate or sessile, oblanceolate to spatulate or lanceolate in outline, pubescent on both surfaces, and with entire margins. Flowers are produced in terminal inflorescences. Each flower has the sepals united into a tubular calyx with 10 purplish veins. The calyx is pubescent with glandular and non-glandular hairs, and persists as an inflated papery bag around the fruit. The corolla consists of 5 petals that are white or pink, often with a darker pink spot. Each flower has ten stamens and three stigmas. The fruit is a capsule with many small reddish-brown seed.—A. Diamond.
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Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Silene
Species Silene gallica Linnaeus - Small Flower Catchfly; Windmill Pink

Citation

Citation SILENE GALLICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 417. 1753, nom. cons. vs. Silene anglica Linnaeus 1753, et vs. Silene lusitanica Linnaeus 1753, et vs. Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: FRANCE: Without data (lectotype: LINN 583.11). Lectotypified by Greuter, Taxon 44: 102. 1995.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Corone gallica Corone gallica (Linnaeus) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 16: 344. 1868.Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. 
Cucubalus sylvestris Cucubalus sylvestris Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 3: 28. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. 
Cucubalus variegatus Cucubalus variegatus Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 3: 28. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus 1753. 
Lychnis vulnerata Lychnis vulnerata Scopoli, Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 1: 309. 1771, nom. illegit.Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus 1753. 
Oncerum gallicum Oncerum gallicum (Linnaeus) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrenees 256. 1867.Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene anglica var. quinquevulnera Silene anglica Linnaeus, var. quinquevulnera (Linnaeus) House, Bull. New York State Mus. 243/244: 70. 1923.Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene gallica subsp. anglica Silene gallica Linnaeus, subsp. anglica (Linnaeus) A. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 114: 52. 1961.Silene anglica Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene gallica subsp. quinquevulnera Silene gallica Linnaeus, subsp. quinquevulnera (Linnaeus) A. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 114: 52. 1961.Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene gallica var. anglica Silene gallica Linnaeus, var. anglica (Linnaeus) W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 100. 1835.Silene anglica Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene gallica var. genuina Silene gallica Linnaeus, var. genuina Hallier et al., in W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3. 370. 1891, nom. inadmiss.Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera Silene gallica Linnaeus, var. quinquevulnera (Linnaeus) W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 100. 1835.Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene lusitanica Silene lusitanica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 416. 1753, nom. rej. vs. Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. PORTUGAL: Without data (lectotype: LINN 583.6). Lectotypified by Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 408. 1989.
Silene quinquevulnera Silene quinquevulnera Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 416. 1753, nom. rej. vs. Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. Without data, Herb. Burser XI: 72 (lectotype: UPS). Lectotypified by Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 409. 1989.
Silene sylvestris Silene sylvestris Gaterau, Descr. Pl. Montauban 32. 1789, nom. illegit.Cucubalus sylvestris Lamarck 1779, nom. illegit.; Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. 
Silene anglica Silene anglica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 416. 1753, nom. rej. vs. Silene gallica Linnaeus 1753. Without data (lectotype: LINN 583.1). Lectotypified by Talavera & Muñoz Garmendia, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 408. 1989.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Macon, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1885 - 1885

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0016538 Baldwin 27 Mar 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13703		 UWAL
Silene gallica L.
ALNHS00004639 Baldwin 08 Mar 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2909		 ALNHS
Silene gallica L.
AUA_ACC_5256 Macon 15 Apr 1967 Rankin, H.Taylor
92		 AUA
Silene Gallica L.
UWAL0043726 Baldwin 23 Apr 2004 Larsen, Harry S.
1347		 UWAL
Silene gallica L.
UNA00033668 Mobile 01 Jun 1885 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Silene gallica L.
UWAL0049461 Baldwin 08 Apr 2018 Bryson, Charles T.
25534		 UWAL
Silene gallica L.
AMAL00004600 Baldwin 27 Mar 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13703		 AMAL
Silene gallica L.
ALNHS00006106 Baldwin 17 Apr 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4153		 ALNHS
Silene gallica L.
AUA_ACC_72823 Baldwin 27 Mar 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13703		 AUA
Silene Gallica L.
UWAL0054280 Baldwin 27 Mar 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12137		 UWAL
Silene gallica L.
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