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Silene latifolia subsp. alba

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Family Caryophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Silene latifolia subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lychnis alba Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lychnis dioica var. alba (Mill.) Weigel (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lychnis divaricata Rchb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lychnis pratensis Rafn (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melandrium album (Mill.) Garcke (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Silene alba (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Silene alba subsp. divaricata (Rchb.) Walters (taxonomic synonym)
  • Silene pratensis (Rafn) Godr. & Gren. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 50 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13.75 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (40-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19 mm (8-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (2.5-2.5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); ovate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.3-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.8-0.8 m) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231011S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.