About Silene sargentii S.Watson
Silene sargentii is a flowering plant species in the family Caryophyllaceae, commonly called Sargent's catchfly. It is native to the western United States, found in mountain ranges along the California-Nevada border east of the Sierra Nevada, with one separate disjunct population in central Washington. It grows in rocky mountain habitat in subalpine and alpine climates. This is a perennial herb that grows from a woody, branching caudex and taproot, producing several decumbent or erect stems and shoots. It reaches a maximum height of around 20 centimeters, and often grows in a clumpy form. Its fleshy, widely lance-shaped leaves are a few centimeters long, with most leaves growing around the caudex. Each flower is enclosed in a hairy, glandular calyx made of fused sepals that has prominent purple veining. Its petals range in color from white to deep pink, and each petal has two or more rounded or pointed lobes at the tip.
