Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Caryophyllaceae

Agrostemma - [maps | photos]

• Agrostemma githago * L.
  Common Name: common corn cockle

Arenaria - [maps | photos]

• Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: spreading sandwort

• Arenaria serpyllifolia * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: thymeleaf sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria leptoclados (Reichenb.) Guss.

Cerastium - [maps | photos]

• Cerastium brachypetalum * Pers.
  Common Name: gray chickweed

• Cerastium diffusum * Pers.
  Common Name: fourstamen chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cerastium tetrandrum W. Curtis

• Cerastium dubium * (Bast.) Guépin
  Common Name: doubtful chickweed

• Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare * (Hartman) Greuter & Burdet
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: big chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. trivale (Link) Jalas

         • Cerastium vulgare Hartman

         • Cerastium vulgatum L.

• Cerastium glomeratum * Thuill.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: mouse-ear chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cerastium viscosum auct. non L.

         • Cerastium viscosum auct. non L.

• Cerastium nutans Raf. var. brachypodum Engelm. ex A. Gray
  Common Name: shortstalk chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cerastium brachypodum (Engelm. ex Gray) B.L. Robins.

• Cerastium nutans Raf. var. nutans
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: nodding chickweed

• Cerastium pumilum * W. Curtis
  Common Name: European chickweed

• Cerastium semidecandrum * L.
  Common Name: fivestamen chickweed

• Cerastium velutinum Raf. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: field chickweed

Dianthus - [maps | photos]

• Dianthus armeria * L.
  Common Name: Deptford pink

• Dianthus barbatus * L.
  Common Name: sweet william

Holosteum - [maps | photos]

• Holosteum umbellatum * L.
  Common Name: jagged chickweed

Minuartia - [maps | photos]

• Minuartia cumberlandensis (Wofford & Kral) McNeill (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: Cumberland sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & Kral

• Minuartia glabra (Michx.) Mattf.
  Common Name: Appalachian sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria glabra Michx.

         • Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. var. glabra (Michx.) Fern.

• Minuartia godfreyi (Shinners) McNeill (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Godfrey's sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria godfreyi Shinners

• Minuartia groenlandica (Retz.) Ostenf. (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Greenland sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng.

• Minuartia muscorum (Fassett) Rabeler (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Dixie Sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria patula Michx. Var. robusta (Steyermark) Maguire

• Minuartia patula (Michx.) Mattf.
  Common Name: pitcher's sandwort
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria patula Michx.

Myosoton - [maps | photos]

• Myosoton aquaticum * (L.) Moench
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: giant chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.

Paronychia - [maps | photos]

• Paronychia argyrocoma (Michx.) Nutt. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: silverling, silvery nailwort

• Paronychia canadensis (L.) A.W. Wood
  Common Name: smooth forked nailwort

• Paronychia fastigiata (Raf.) Fernald
  Common Name: hairy forked nailwort

Petrorhagia - [maps | photos]

• Petrorhagia prolifera * (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood
  Common Name: childing pink
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dianthus prolifer L.

Sagina - [maps | photos]

• Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: trailing pearlwort

Saponaria - [maps | photos]

• Saponaria officinalis * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: bouncing bet

Scleranthus - [maps | photos]

• Scleranthus annuus * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: German knot grass

Silene - [maps | photos]

• Silene antirrhina L.
  Common Name: sleepy silene

• Silene caroliniana Walt. ssp. pensylvanica (Michx.) Clausen (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Pennsylvania catchfly

• Silene coronaria * (L.) Clarirv.
  Common Name: rose campion
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

• Silene dichotoma * Ehrh.
  Common Name: dichotoma silene

• Silene latifolia * Poir.
  Common Name: bladder campion
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lychnis alba Mill.

         • Silene alba (Mill.) Krause

         • Silene pratensis (Raf.) Godr. & Gren.

• Silene ovata Pursh (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Blue Ridge catchfly

• Silene regia Sims (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  Common Name: royal catchfly

• Silene rotundifolia Nutt.
  Common Name: roundleaf catchfly

• Silene stellata (L.) W.T. Aiton
  Common Name: widowsfrill

• Silene virginica L. var. robusta Strausb. & Core
  Common Name: robust fire pink

• Silene virginica L. var. virginica
  Common Name: fire pink

• Silene vulgaris * (Moench) Garcke
  Common Name: maidens tears
  Synonyms:
  

         • Silene cucubalus Wibel

Stellaria - [maps | photos]

• Stellaria alsine Grimm (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bog chickweed

• Stellaria corei Shinners
  Common Name: Tennessee chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Stellaria tennesseensis (C. Mohr) Strausbaugh & Core

• Stellaria fontinalis (Short & Peter) B.L. Rob. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American water chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Arenaria fontinalis (Short & Peter) Shinners

         • Sagina fontinalis Short & Peter

• Stellaria graminea * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: grasslike chickweed

• Stellaria longifolia Muhl. ex Willd. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: longleaf chickweed

• Stellaria media * (L.) Vill.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common chickweed

• Stellaria pallida * (Dumort.) Crépin
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common chickweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Stellaria media (L.) Vill. ssp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

• Stellaria pubera Michx.
  Common Name: star chickweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.