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|accepted_name=Silene sibirica
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Persoon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Pl.
|place=1: 497. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Siberian catchfly
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cucubalus sibiricus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication_place=10, 2: 1031. 1759
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Silene;Silene sibirica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Silene]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Silene sibirica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 169
|treatment_page=page 206
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, producing several decumbent, short, woody, underground shoots bearing perennating buds and terminated by erect flowering shoots; taproot stout, woody; caudex crown branched. <b>Stems</b> simple but with short axillary leafy shoots, leafy, 40–60 cm, glossy, ± glabrous, with 10–20 nodes proximal to inflorescence. <b>Leaves</b>: basal withered at time of flowering; cauline whorled, appearing fasciculate (more than 4) at each node, connate at base, reduced distally, tapered at both ends, blade linear to very narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 0.5–8 cm × 1–12 mm, base broadened, margins scabrous, apex acute, subglabrous to minutely puberulent on both surfaces. <b>Inflorescences</b> thyrsate, verticillate, open, with many short, ascending branches bearing large numbers of small, unisexual flowers, bracteate; bracts connate basally, triangular, 2–10 mm, margins finely ciliate, apex acuminate. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending, straight, fasciculate, wiry, ± equaling calyx, glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberulent. <b>Flowers</b> mostly unisexual; calyx pale green, indistinctly 10-veined, elliptic, constricted near base, umbilicate, ca. 5 × 2 mm, lobes with thickened midrib, ovate-obtuse, 0.2 mm, margins crenate, membranous; corolla greenish white, clawed, claw and limb not differentiated, narrowly oblong, unlobed, less than 2 times length of calyx, appendages absent; stamens exserted, longer than corolla; styles 3, exserted, longer than corolla. <b>Capsules</b> green, ovoid-conic, longer than calyx, opening by 6 teeth; carpophore shorter than 1 mm. <b>Seeds</b> brown, winged, reniform, ca. 1 mm, faces with shallow radiating ridges.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Arable land, pastures, roadsides, sand dunes
|elevation=300-500 m
|distribution=Sask.;Europe (Ukraine);Asia (Mongolia).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Silene sibirica</i> is a very distinct species with masses of small flowers on stiffly erect stems, and narrow, fascicled leaves. It was abundant and persisted for a number of years in the 1950s near Duck Lake and Bladworth in central Saskatchewan.</p>
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name=Silene sibirica
|authority=(Linnaeus) Persoon
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cucubalus sibiricus
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Arable land, pastures, roadsides, sand dunes
|elevation=300-500 m
|distribution=Sask.;Europe (Ukraine);Asia (Mongolia).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Silene
|species=Silene sibirica
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