Caryophyllaceae

Sleepy silene

Silene antirrhina L.

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene

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Sleepy silene: Silene antirrhina at the northern end of Red Rock Canyon near the visitor center, southern Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 叉枝金鱼蝇子草, 金鱼蝇子草
English: Sleepy silene
Finnish: Tervakohokki

Synonyms

Gypsophila dioica Spreng.
Silene antirrhina f. antirrhina
Silene antirrhina var. confinis Fernald
Silene antirrhina var. depauperata Rydb.
Silene antirrhina var. laevigata Engelm. & A.Gray
Silene antirrhina var. subglabra Engelm. & A.Gray
Silene antirrhina var. vaccarifolia Rydb.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.