DIVERSITY OF LIFE

TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA

Silene latifolia Poir.	Mitchell NY NYFA TC USDA NY accepted no == Silene vulgaris

Bladder Campion
Caryophyllaceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: A weed of dry sandy or gravelly acid or neutral soils, also in heavy clay; infrequent. June-Aug. Inlet road near Enfield Glen; Enfield Falls road; near upper Coy Glen; Quarry St., Ithaca; C.U. campus, near Forestry Building; Cayuga Heights; n. of Wyckoff Swamp; near Westbury Bog; s. of Featherbed Bog. A plant of recent introduction, becoming more frequent. E. Que. to Ont., southw. to N. J., Ill., and Iowa; also on the Pacific coast, and on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Naturalized from Eurasia.

BH SPECIMENS FOR Silene latifolia (this list may be incomplete)

Ithaca, Beebe Lake, 12 Sep 1953, Dilger WCD286 (BH 113319);
Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, north of Log House, 20 Aug 2001, Dilger WCD1740 (BH 113318);
Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Fivewellsania, south of north vegetable garden clearing, 24 Jun 1981, Dilger WCD881 (BH 113316);
Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Fivewellsania, 25 Jul 1990, Dilger WCD1077 (BH 113317);
Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, north garden, 27 Aug 1996, Dilger WCD1343 (BH 113315);
Ithaca, Cornell University, behind Fernau Hall, Shaded bank, 26 Aug 1954, Slack (BH 300229);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, Highland Ave., beyond Kline Road, dry roadside, 16 Jun 1914, Wiegand & Wiegand 2273 (BH 149663);
On Route 13, 3 km N of Dryden, gravel roadside, 18 Jun 1952, Fairbrothers 230 (BH 67136);
Varna, Weedy lot, 19 Jul 1955, Slack (BH 300241);
Ithaca, Cornell Campus. Cascadilla Gorge Trail, near MacDaniels nut grove., Growing trailside., Ca. 0.4 m tall. Flowers white, slightly scented. Entire plant pubescent., 7 Jul 2023, Tara Atluri Internship 216 (BH 306379);	VEmap	GOOmap
Ithaca, South Hill, Morse Chain Works, at dumping grounds, edge of woods, male, 5 Jul 1936, Allen 19391 (BH 15219);
Ithaca, South HIll, Morse Chain Works, at dumping grounds, edge of woods, female, 5 Jul 1936, Allen 19391 (BH 15224);
Ithaca, roadside, 19 Aug 1920, Bailey (BH 15226);
Ithaca, 9 Aug 1918, Bailey (BH 15216);
Ithaca, Sep 1911, Bailey (BH 15214);
Ithaca, Cornell University campus, 20 Jun 1910, Brown (BH 15220);
Ithaca, Cornell University campus, in floriculture student garden, weed, flowers white, 8 Jun 1936, Clausen H34 (BH 15217);
Ithaca, Fiske-McGraw grounds, 29 Jul 1884, Dudley (BH 15218);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, near Lower State Road, roadside, 7 Jul 1915, Eames 4026 (BH 15222);
Ithaca, Forest Home, roadside, 18 Jun 1917, Gershoy 8084 (BH 15223);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, in Muenscher garden, growing wild, 5 Jul 1935, Muenscher 18832 (BH 15228);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, 5 Jul 1935, Muenscher 18833 (BH 15221);
Ithaca, Forest Home, in Plant Breeding Testing Field, weed, 8 Nov 1935, Smith 342 (BH 15215);
Reservoir Avenue, field N of tennis courts, 15 Jun 1904, Wiegand (BH 15227);

SPECIMENS OF Silene latifolia subsp. alba

Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, dry roadside, 15 Aug 1915, Eames & McDaniels 4027 (BH 15225);

Ithaca, at mouth of Coy Glen, waste ground, 21 Jun 1913, Palmer 461 (BH 67148);

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