Plant Name
Scientific Name: Silene antirrhina
Common Names: Sleepy Silene, Sleepy Catchfly, Sleepy Campion
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland
Flower Color: Pale to medium pink, White
Flowering Season: Spring
Height: To 32 inches (81 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are "sleepy" and frequently closed except for in the morning. The flowers are 1/4 inch (6 mm) across and have 5 petals with rounded, slightly notched tips. The leaves are green, opposite, oblanceolate lower on the stems, and linear in shape higher on the stems. The stems are upright, branched, and sticky enough in patches to fatally trap insects like aphids and small flies.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus: Silene L. – catchfly
Species: Silene antirrhina L. – sleepy silene
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