Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Silene nuda is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names western fringed catchfly and sticky catchfly. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and Modoc Plateau of California, its distribution extending into Oregon and Nevada. It grows in forest, woodland, and scrub habitat, sometimes in saline soils.

Plant type

Annual herb, Perennial herb

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Color

Pink

Water

Low, Moderate

Plant communities

Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest