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§1 Plant
Silene dichotoma Ehrh.
vernacular forked catchfly — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Silene
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 164 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 164 counties across 18 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Antrim 26009
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cheboygan 26031
- Emmet 26047
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Montmorency 26119
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SIDI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384818 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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