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|accepted_name=Silene subciliata
|accepted_authority=B. L. Robinson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=29: 327. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|common_names=Prairie-fire pink
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Silene;Silene subciliata
|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 subciliata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 169, 201, 212
|treatment_page=page 208
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; taproot thick; caudex branched. <b>Stems</b> erect, scarcely branched, 20–100 cm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 3–16 cm × 3–12 mm, ± fleshy, base tapering into short petiole, apex acute, glabrous except for few cilia at base. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose, terminal and axillary, elongate, 1–3-flowered, open, bracteate, bracteolate, pedunculate; peduncle slender, 2–10 cm; bracts and bracteoles much-reduced, linear-lanceolate, often ciliate. <b>Pedicels</b> slender, 2–10 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx tubular, 17–22 × 4–5 mm in flower, broadening to 7 mm in fruit but contracted around carpophore, glabrous, lobes lanceolate, 3–4 mm, margins membranous and ciliate near broad, obtuse apex; corolla scarlet, 2–21/2 times longer than calyx, limb lanceolate, narrowed into claw, 4–5 mm wide, margins entire or shallowly dentate, appendages linear, 4–5 mm; stamens exserted; styles 3, exserted. <b>Capsules</b> clavate, equaling calyx, opening by 6 teeth; carpophore 3–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> brown, broadly reniform, 2–2.3 mm, rugose. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Sandy soil, open woodlands, river banks
|elevation=10-200 m
|distribution=La.;Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Silene subciliata</i>, a very rare species, is closely related to <i>S. laciniata</i> and <i>S. virginica</i> but is readily distinguished by its subglabrous stems and leaves and by having unlobed petals.</p><!--
--><p><i>Silene subciliata</i> is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.</p>
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name=Silene subciliata
|authority=B. L. Robinson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Sandy soil, open woodlands, river banks
|elevation=10-200 m
|distribution=La.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1894
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Silene
|species=Silene subciliata
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