SILENE FLOS-CUCULI SSP. FLOS-CUCULI (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) AND EUPHORBIA PEPLUS (EUPHORBIACEAE) NEW TO NORTH CAROLINA

2008·2.1 MB·Latin

by  Derick B Poindexter

AND
FWS-CUCULI (CARYOPHYLLACEAE)
FLOS-CUCULI
SILENE SSP
NEW
NORTH
TO CAROLINA
EUPHORBIA (EUPHORBIACEAE)
PEPLUS
Poindexter
Derick
B.
Department
Biology
USA
Boone, North Carolina 28608,
showy
Ragged
Robin,
Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Clairv. ssp. flos-cuculi (syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi L.), is a intro-
European
duced taxon Caryophyllaceae with deeply pink This perennial native
in the dissected, petals.
is
presumed be established in the northeastern United States (Weakley 2007), but has also been reported
to
and Columbia. with
in several other U.S. localities, including fifteen states the District of States records of
New New New
Montana, Hampshire,
plant Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Jersey,
this are
NRCS
Rhode Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin (USDA,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
York, Island,
was abundance, with approximately four individuals observed
2007). rare in
Silene flos-cuculi ssp. flos-cuculi
an from Rich Church Glade Valley community. Associated taxa include
in old-field across Hill in the rural
Kuhn
Underw.
ex
Dactylis glomerata L., Pinus virginiana Mill., Pteridium aquilinum (L.) var. latiusculum (Desv.)
The morphology
and
Rubus Link, albidum Nees. four-lobed, lacerate petal
A. Heller, argutus Sassafras (Nutt.)
North
and pink from
coloration differs substantially other Silene spp. in Carolina.
Euphorbia peplus L, an annual Euphorbiaceae. This Eurasian introduced
Petty Spurge, exotic in the
is
taxon has a transcontinental distribution in the United States, occurring in total of thirty-five states, includ-
NRCS
ing Hawaii and Alaska (USDA, 2007). This herbaceous species exhibits short fleshy stems, primarily
and
obovate and seed morphology of outer pitted faces inner furrows. This
alternate, leaves, a characteristic
human
on
plant was discovered be frequent in ruderal communities created by regular perturbation the
to
An
50-100
campus Appalachian estimated individuals were observed. Associated taxa
of State University.
include Chamaesyce maculata (L.) Small, Ranunculus repens L., Cyperus strigosus L., Sonchus asper (L.) Hill,
&
and Ruiz
Senecio vulgaris Portulaca oleracea L., Galinsoga quadriradiata Pav.
L.,
Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2(1)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Wynns, and two
would thank Zack anor
Murrell,
like to E. stin
I
The PLANTS Data Baton Rouge, p.://plants.usda.
USDA, NRCS. 2007. database. National Plant Center, LA.
gov/). Accessed 16 July 2007.
and working of January 2007. University of
Weakley, A.S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, draft
1 1
Ac-
North Carolina Herbarium, N.C Botanical Garden, Chapel NC. (http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/).
Hili,
cessed 16 2007.
Jul