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Silene lanceolata

A.Gray (1854)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Silene

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Subshrubs.

Stems: Stems erect to ascending, 1.5–5 dm long, essentially glabrous, often swollen at the nodes.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite or whorled. Blades oblanceolate to linear or lanceolate, 25–80 mm long, 2–11 mm wide. Apex acute to acuminate. Base leaf bases often connate around the stem. gradually tapering to base. Surfaces ciliate toward base, otherwise glabrous. Margins entire. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in open, paniculate or corymbose cymes, glabrous to sparsely pubescent throughout. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Pedicels 8–23 mm long. Calyx 5-toothed, 7–9 mm long, 10–nerved, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, the lobes obtuse, margins scarious. Corolla of 5 petals; petals white, blades ca. 6 mm long, notched, with a 2-lobed scale at base. Stamens included in calyx tube. Ovary superior, 1-celled or incompletely 2–4 celled, on a well–developed stipe that is adnate to the staminal filament bases and petal bases (referred to as a carpophore); styles 3(4–5); Carpophore 1–2 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules oblong–ovoid; 3–celled in the lower part; 8–9 mm long; dehiscent by 6 or rarely 3 apical teeth or valves. Seeds reddish brown; reniform; ca. 1 mm long; papillose.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Very rare; known from relatively dry areas to mesic shrubland.

Elevation Range: 330–1,900 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • , 330-1,900 m
  • Description digitized by Mercedez
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • Most recently collected below Pu'ukolekole, Moloka'i, in 7987

Bibliography

Name Published In: U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 111 (1854)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:523 (K, Mo, L, H); Hawley & Pyle 1995:1 (O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information steep SW facing slope near gulch bottom, thin gray soil; Dodonaea, Leptecophylla, Wikstroemia, Schiedea sarmentosa, Silene alexandri, Lepidium bidentatum, Metrosideros, Ageratina, Melinis, Bidens, Lipochaeta, Cocculus, Sicyos, Myoporum, Doryopteris, Cyperus, Alyxia, Antidesma, Sida, Luzula, Diospyros, Chenopodium oahuensis,Wahlenbergia, Osteomeles, Deparia petersenii, Solanum amiericanum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H90802 Molokai BISH 9/17/2008
2 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 131 NY 7/7/1912
3 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On native dry cliff. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 12366 Oahu PTBG 11/6/1991
4 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2499 Oahu PTBG 4/7/1993
5 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Nishek, R. 8473 Kauai US 4/4/2000
6 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. wood, s. p. perlman, j. obata & r. kennedy 3756 Oahu US 11/16/1994
7 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Castilio, M. 14329 Hawaii US 8/5/1994
8 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & m. castilio 14329 Hawaii US 8/5/1994
9 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P. 6674 Molokai US 10/23/1987
10 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 131.mo Molokai US
11 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Dodonaea-Styphelia lowland mesic shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 12865 Molokai PTBG 7/8/1992
12 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Dodoneae viscosa-Styphelia lowland dry shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 11989 Molokai PTBG 6/12/1991
13 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Dodonaea viscosa-Styphelia lowland mesic shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 13366 Molokai PTBG 2/23/1993
14 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros-Styphelia shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 16566 Molokai PTBG 4/1/1999
15 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 6674 Molokai US 10/23/1987
16 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Douglas, P.; Hindes; Durkin; Popolizzio 4520 US 1/14/1991
17 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & k. wood 14545 Oahu US 11/16/1994
18 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.; Perlman, S. P.; Obata, J.; Kennedy, R. 3756 Oahu US 11/16/1994
19 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Marr, K. 11989 Molokai US 6/12/1991
20 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Wood, K. 14545 Oahu US 11/16/1994
21 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Off ridge crest, growing on a vertical rock face, facing northward and generally shaded most of the day but in an o PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Obata, J.K. s.n. Oahu BISH 9/25/1992
22 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 583 Lanai BISH 8/5/1930
23 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 509 Lanai BISH 2/11/1930
24 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3756 Oahu PTBG 11/16/1994
25 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & k. marr 11989 Molokai US 6/12/1991
26 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information steep SW facing slope near gulch bottom, thin gray soil; Dodonaea, Leptecophylla, Wikstroemia, Schiedea sarmentosa, Silene alexandri, Lepidium bidentatum, Metrosideros, Ageratina, Melinis, Bidens, Lipochaeta, Cocculus, Sicyos, Myoporum, Doryopteris, Cyperus, Alyxia, Antidesma, Sida, Luzula, Diospyros, Chenopodium oahuensis,Wahlenbergia, Osteomeles, Deparia petersenii, Solanum amiericanum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Kallstrom, R. Collector Number: H90802 Molokai BISH 9/17/2008
27 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 131.Mo Molokai BISH 7/1/1912
28 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Dodonaea-Styphelia lowland mesic shrubland with Vaccinum, Psychotria, Diospyros, Sophora chrysophyla, Neraudia sericea, Lipochaeta rockii, Bidens menziesii, Myoporum, Wikstroemia, Metrosideros, Pleomele, Pittosporum, Chamaesyce, Lysimachia, Viola, Pipturus, Scaevola, Urera glabra, Lantana, Melinis minutiflora, Schiedea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 6674 Hawaii BISH 10/23/1987
29 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H70909 Maui BISH 7/21/2009
30 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hillebrand, W.B. s.n. Hawaii BISH 2/4/1905
31 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 509 Lanai BISH 2/11/1930
32 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry open slope growing with scattered natives Nestegis, Diospyros, Rauvolfia, Dodonaea, Styphelia, Metrosideros, Osteomeles, Waltheria, and Cocculus; weedy elements include Schinus, Psidium, Cymbopogon, Brachiaria. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hillebrand, w.b. collector number: s.n. Lanai BISH 1862-08-08
33 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information ridge, lower ohia forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence & r. nishek 8473 Maui BISH 4/4/2000
34 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On old a'a lava near ocean. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. nishek, r. collector number: 8473 Hawaii BISH 4/4/2000
35 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 583 Lanai BISH 8/5/1930
36 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information steep SW facing slope near gulch bottom, thin gray soil; Dodonaea, Leptecophylla, Wikstroemia, Schiedea sarmentosa, Silene alexandri, Lepidium bidentatum, Metrosideros, Ageratina, Melinis, Bidens, Lipochaeta, Cocculus, Sicyos, Myoporum, Doryopteris, Cyperus, Alyxia, Antidesma, Sida, Luzula, Diospyros, Chenopodium oahuensis,Wahlenbergia, Osteomeles, Deparia petersenii, Solanum amiericanum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. kallstrom, r. collector number: h90802 Molokai BISH 9/17/2008
37 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing in lawn. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN obata, j.k. fenstemacher, r. collector number: s.n. Maui BISH 9/25/1992
38 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information aa lava, open grassland on a lava tumulus; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN douglas, p. hindes; durkin; popolizio collector number: 4520 Hawaii BISH 1/14/1991
39 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 943 Lanai BISH 8/5/1930
40 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On arid sun-scorched aa lava. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 19808 Hawaii BISH 8/19/1949
41 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On arid sun-scorched aa lava. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. greenwell, a.; murashige, t. collector number: 19808 Hawaii BISH 8/19/1949
42 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information aa lava, open grassland on a lava tumulus; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Douglas, P. 4520 Hawaii BISH 1/14/1991
43 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Dodonaea-Styphelia lowland mesic shrubland with Vaccinum, Psychotria, Diospyros, Sophora chrysophyla, Neraudia sericea, Lipochaeta rockii, Bidens menziesii, Myoporum, Wikstroemia, Metrosideros, Pleomele, Pittosporum, Chamaesyce, Lysimachia, Viola, Pipturus, Scaevola, Urera glabra, Lantana, Melinis minutiflora, Schiedea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 6674 Hawaii BISH 10/23/1987
44 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 943 Lanai BISH 8/5/1930
45 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 8473 Kauai BISH 4/4/2000
46 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN C. N. Forbes 131 Molokai F 7/1/1912
47 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector unspecified s.n. NY
48 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 8474 Kauai PTBG 4/4/2000
49 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Collector unspecified s.n. NY
50 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 8473 Kauai PTBG 4/4/2000
51 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros Styphelia shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 16582 Molokai PTBG 5/6/1999
52 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On Metrosideros-Artemisia cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14545 Oahu PTBG 11/16/1994
53 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Dodonaea-Styphelia lowland mesic shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 6674 Molokai PTBG 10/23/1987
54 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7750 Molokai PTBG 4/1/1999
55 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Dodonaea-Styphelia Lowland Mesic Shrubland; steep 310 deg. north facing walls. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 6033 Molokai PTBG 2/27/1997
56 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dodonaea viscosa mixed shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14329 Hawaii PTBG 8/5/1994
57 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dodonaea viscosa-Styphelia shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 15745 Molokai PTBG 2/27/1997
58 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mesic lowland cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 13546 Oahu PTBG 4/10/1993
59 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 131.mo BISH 7/1/1912
60 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 8475 Kauai PTBG 4/4/2000
61 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 131 Molokai F 7/8/1912
62 Silene lanceolata A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN charles n. forbes forbes 131 IND 7/8/1912
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