ON THIS PLANT
Silene occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names western catchfly and western campion. It is endemic to northern California, where it is known from the southern Cascade Range and sections of the Modoc Plateau and Sierra Nevada. It grows in chaparral and mountain forest habitat.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Silene
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Western catchfly
