BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Silene involucrata ssp. involucrata
arctic campion
| Scientific Name: | Silene involucrata ssp. involucrata | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | arctic campion | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | SILEINV1 | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5T5 (Feb 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3S4 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Facultative - frequent use
Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Cliff / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - frequent use |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Known from Greenland; British Columbia, Manitoba, Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon; Alaska; Asia (Russian Far East, Siberia) (FNA (vol. 5, 2005). | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, eds. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 2, Dicotyledons (Balsaminaceae through Cucurbitaceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 401pp. |
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Silene involucrata ssp. involucrata. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).