Western Fringed Catchfly

(Silene nuda)

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Description

Silene nuda is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names western fringed catchfly and sticky catchfly.It is native to the Sierra Nevada and Modoc Plateau of California, its distribution extending into Oregon and Nevada. It grows in forest, woodland, and scrub habitat, sometimes in saline soils.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Caryophyllaceae
Genus:Silene
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