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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); Nyberg et al. 2023:163 (REDISCOVERY/K); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./Munro 583 BISH (L†, 1930)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 70909 Maui BISH 2009-07-21
2 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On arid sun-scorched aa lava. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19808 Hawaii BISH 1949-08-19
3 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen to 28 cm; several branches; dies back after flowering and fruiting; inflorescence and calyx green viscid Lorence, D.H. 8473 Kauai BISH 2000-04-04
4 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Lanai BISH
5 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details aa lava, open grassland on a lava tumulus; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen 0.5 m erect, native shrub; corolla white in open paniculate cymes; calyx entire, 5 toothed, 10 nerved, viscid, ovary with 3 cells at base; leaves lanceolate with ciliate bases Douglas, P. 4520 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-14
6 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 131 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
7 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 131 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
8 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 943 Lanai BISH 1930-08-05
9 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 131 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
10 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 509 Lanai BISH 1930-02-11
11 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lanai BISH
12 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 131 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
13 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Hawaii BISH 1862-01-01
14 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 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 1987-10-23
15 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 583 Lanai BISH 1930-08-05
16 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 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. Oahu BISH 1992-09-25
17 Silene lanceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 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 to 45 cm; flower white; capsules sticky Oppenheimer, H.L. 90802 Molokai BISH 2008-09-17
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