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Vascular Plant Database Family Results



Category: Dicots

Family Name: Caryophyllaceae

Species Name
 
Agrostemma -  Maps/Photos
  1. Agrostemma githago L.*   
     Common Name: common corn cockle
 
Arenaria -  Maps/Photos
  2. Arenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & Kral (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
     Common Name: Cumberland sandwort
     Synonymns:
      Minuartia cumberlandensis (B.E. Wofford & Kral) McNeill
  3. Arenaria glabra Michx.   
     Common Name: Appalachian sandwort
     Synonymns:
      Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. var. glabra (Michx.) Fern.
      Minuartia glabra (Michx.) Mattf.
  4. Arenaria godfreyi Shinners (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: Godfrey's sandwort
     Synonymns:
      Minuartia godfreyi (Shinners) McNeill
  5. Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: Greenland sandwort
     Synonymns:
      Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf.
  6. Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: spreading sandwort
  7. Arenaria patula Michx.   
     Common Name: pitcher's sandwort
     Synonymns:
      Minuartia patula (Michx.) Mattf.
  8. Arenaria serpyllifolia L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: thymeleaf sandwort
     Synonymns:
      Arenaria leptoclados (Reichenb.) Guss.
 
Cerastium -  Maps/Photos
  9. Cerastium brachypetalum Pers.*   
     Common Name: gray chickweed
  10. Cerastium diffusum Pers.*   
     Common Name: fourstamen chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Cerastium tetrandrum W. Curtis
  11. Cerastium dubium (Bast.) Guepin*   
     Common Name: doubtful chickweed
  12. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare *   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
     Common Name: big chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Cerastium holosteoides auct. non Fries
      Cerastium holosteoides Fries var. vulgare (Hartman) Hyl.
      Cerastium vulgatum L. 1762, non 1755
      Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. trivale (Link) Jalas
  13. Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
     Common Name: sticky chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Cerastium viscosum auct. non L.
  14. Cerastium nutans var. brachypodum    
     Common Name: shortstalk chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex Gray) B.L. Robins.
  15. Cerastium nutans var. nutans    
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
     Common Name: nodding chickweed
  16. Cerastium pumilum Curtis*   
     Common Name: European chickweed
  17. Cerastium semidecandrum L.*   
     Common Name: fivestamen chickweed
  18. Cerastium velutinum Raf. (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: field chickweed
 
Dianthus -  Maps/Photos
  19. Dianthus armeria L.*   
     Common Name: Deptford pink
  20. Dianthus barbatus L.*   
     Common Name: sweet william
 
Holosteum -  Maps/Photos
  21. Holosteum umbellatum L.*   
     Common Name: jagged chickweed
 
Lychnis -  Maps/Photos
  22. Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.*   
     Common Name: rose campion
 
Myosoton -  Maps/Photos
  23. Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
     Common Name: giant chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.
 
Paronychia -  Maps/Photos
  24. Paronychia argyrocoma (Michx.) Nutt. (TN Threatened Species)  
     Common Name: silverling, silvery nailwort
  25. Paronychia canadensis (L.) Wood   
     Common Name: smooth forked nailwort
  26. Paronychia fastigiata (Raf.) Fern.   
     Common Name: hairy forked nailwort
 
Petrorhagia -  Maps/Photos
  27. Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood*   
     Common Name: childing pink
     Synonymns:
      Dianthus prolifer L.
 
Sagina -  Maps/Photos
  28. Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
     Common Name: trailing pearlwort
 
Saponaria -  Maps/Photos
  29. Saponaria officinalis L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: bouncing bet
 
Scleranthus -  Maps/Photos
  30. Scleranthus annuus L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: German knot grass
 
Silene -  Maps/Photos
  31. Silene antirrhina L.   
     Common Name: sleepy silene
  32. Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica  (TN Threatened Species)  
     Common Name: Pennsylvania catchfly
  33. Silene dichotoma Ehrend.*   
     Common Name: dichotoma silene
  34. Silene latifolia ssp. alba *   
     Common Name: bladder campion
     Synonymns:
      Lychnis alba P. Mill.
      Silene alba (P. Mill.) Krause
      Silene pratensis (Rafn) Godr. & Gren.
  35. Silene ovata Pursh (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: Blue Ridge catchfly
  36. Silene regia Sims (TN Endangered Species-Possibly Extirpated)  
     Common Name: royal catchfly
  37. Silene rotundifolia Nutt.   
     Common Name: roundleaf catchfly
  38. Silene stellata (L.) W.T. Ait.   
     Common Name: widowsfrill
  39. Silene virginica L.   
     Common Name: fire pink
  40. Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke*   
     Common Name: maidens tears
     Synonymns:
      Silene cucubalus Wibel
 
Stellaria -  Maps/Photos
  41. Stellaria alsine Grimm (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: bog chickweed
  42. Stellaria corei Shinners   
     Common Name: Tennessee chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Stellaria tennesseensis (C. Mohr) Strausbaugh & Core
  43. Stellaria fontinalis (Short & Peter) B.L. Robins. (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: American water chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Arenaria fontinalis (Short & Peter) Shinners
      Sagina fontinalis Short & Peter
  44. Stellaria graminea L.*   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: grasslike chickweed
  45. Stellaria longifolia Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: longleaf chickweed
  46. Stellaria media ssp. media *   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: common chickweed
     Synonymns:
      Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Crepin
  47. Stellaria media ssp. pallida *   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: common chickweed
  48. Stellaria pubera Michx.   
     Common Name: star chickweed
 
Vaccaria -  Maps/Photos
  49. Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert*   
     Common Name: cow soapwort
     Synonymns:
      Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.

 

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