Silene stellata

Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Silene stellata (L.) W.T. Aiton
Common Name:Starry Campion; Widow's Frill
Habitat:Open hardwood forests.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SIST
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Silene
Species Silene stellata (L.) W.T. Aiton - Starry Campion; Widow's Frill

Citation

Citation Silene stellata (Linnaeus) W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 3: 84. 1811.
Basionym: Cucubalus stellatus L. 1753.
Type: Without data: (lectotype: LINN 582.8). Lectotypified by Rabeler in Cafferty & Jarvis (ed.), Taxon 53: 1051. 2004.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cucubalus stellatus Cucubalus stellatus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 414. 1753  
Evactoma stellata    
Evactoma stellata var. scabrella    
Silene scabrella    
Silene stellata var. scabrella    

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: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Macon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Pickens, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1875 - 2020

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA_ACC_35031 Bibb 12 Jul 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1704
AUA
SILENE STELLATA (L.) AIT. F.
UWAL0052158 Bibb 13 Jul 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10768
UWAL
Silene stellata (L.) W.T. Aiton
JSU121308 Blount 13 Oct 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
905
JSU
Silene stellata (Linnaeus) Aiton f.
UNA00053920 Blount 19 Aug 1997 Keener, Brian R.
311
UNA
Silene stellata (L.) Ait. f.
UWAL0008550 Blount 10 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4736
UWAL
Silene stellata (L.) Ait. f.
TROY000028483 Blount 10 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4736
TROY
Silene stellata (Linnaeus) Aiton f.
UWAL0035889 Blount 25 Jul 2014 Anderson, Kelly
639
UWAL
Silene stellata (L.) Aiton
JSU121313 Calhoun 30 Oct 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1450
JSU
Silene stellata (Linnaeus) Aiton f.
JSU121312 Calhoun 4 Nov 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1492
JSU
Silene stellata (Linnaeus) Aiton f.
JSU121311 Calhoun 26 Jul 1991 Naugher, Rhonda L.
298
JSU
Silene stellata (Linnaeus) Aiton f.
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