A NEW SPECIES OF SILENE (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) FROM THE SERPENTINES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

摘要

Silene serpentinicola T. W, Nelson and .1. P. Nelson is here described as new, discovered on and endemic to the serpentines of the Smith River basin, within Six Rivers National Forest, Del Norte County, California. The bright carmine-red flowered S. serpentinicola has been confused and with the red-scarlet flowered S. californica Durand and the pink of Silene hookeri Nutt subsp pulverulenta (Peck) Hitchc, & Mag. However, each is distinctive.