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Silene antirrhina
Sleepy Silene
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Silene antirrhina L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Sleepy Silene
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Caryophyllales, Family Caryophyllaceae, Genus Silene, Species Silene antirrhina


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Low
Life form - Annual herb
Park Rank - Park scarce
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Dicot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Bloom Time - April
Bloom Time - May
Bloom Time - June
Bloom Time - July


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S5; TN: SNR
Evidence:		3 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arches National Park	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bandelier National Monument	Big Bend National Park
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colorado National Monument	Coronado National Memorial
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	El Malpais National Monument
First State National Historical Park	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Falls Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mesa Verde National Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	Natural Bridges National Monument
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Padre Island National Seashore
Parashant National Monument	Pinnacles National Park
Pipestone National Monument	Prince William Forest Park
Rainbow Bridge National Monument	Rocky Mountain National Park
Saguaro National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tonto National Monument	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Voyageurs National Park	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	10/31/2019

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 2:41:35 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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