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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Pink Family
  7. Catchflies
  8. Silene

subgenus

Silene

Silene

Includes
2 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Sclerophyllae 1 native
  • Siphonomorpha 1 native
  • Dipterosperma
  • Silene
  • Muscipula
  • Sclerocalycinae
  • Auriculatae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Silene All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Sleepy Catchfly Silene antirrhina caterpillars 4 hosts 1 food 5 flowers 5
  • Moss Campion Silene acaulis caterpillars 3 food 14 flowers 20
  • Alpine Catchfly Silene struthioloides
  • Hawai'i Catchfly Silene hawaiiensis
  • Kauai Catchfly Silene lanceolata

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