Calflora: Silene dichotoma

Silene dichotoma Ehrh.

branching campion, dichotoma silene

Silene dichotoma, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

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Family:	CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Silene found in California.
	Distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Silene dichotoma ssp. dichotoma

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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Information about Silene dichotoma from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (SIDI2)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)