Silene Comparison
A pet peeve of mine has been seeing many pictures on the internet labeled “Silene nivea” which are actually Silene latifolia. So when I found these two species growing about 5 ft apart I decided to take this comparison picture. I tried to search for some that were closer so I could get a more “natural” side by side comparison, but could not find any. So I picked the non-native Silene latifolia which preferred the drier, higher topography mowed area and brought it next to the native Silene nivea which preferred the lower topography among the wet-mesic prairie vegetation.
Silene nivea (left) and Silene latifolia (right), Monroe County Wisconsin, 5 July 2019.
Silene Comparison
A pet peeve of mine has been seeing many pictures on the internet labeled “Silene nivea” which are actually Silene latifolia. So when I found these two species growing about 5 ft apart I decided to take this comparison picture. I tried to search for some that were closer so I could get a more “natural” side by side comparison, but could not find any. So I picked the non-native Silene latifolia which preferred the drier, higher topography mowed area and brought it next to the native Silene nivea which preferred the lower topography among the wet-mesic prairie vegetation.
Silene nivea (left) and Silene latifolia (right), Monroe County Wisconsin, 5 July 2019.