Silene latifolia
White Cockle
Male Plant
Auricles and ScalesMarcelin, Saskatchewan
17-Aug-2010
There is an auricle on each side of the junction of the claw and the limb. One of the two auricles is commonly reflexed. There are also two scales on the ventral surface of the junction.
Note that Budd's Flora recognized two related genera - Silene and Lychnis - and it called this species Lychnis alba. Today Lychnis is subsumed in a larger Silene. Therefore the answers separating Silene from Lychnis have been removed from the answers leading to the genus and added to the answers leading to the species.
Latifolia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this species.
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Silene: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.
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Caryophyllaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.
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