⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.25 m · LEDA: 0.25 m · TRY: 0.625 m
Plant height generative0.5 m
Plant height max0.7 m
Plant height min0.3 m
Seed length0.9 mm
Seed mass0.608 mg
Life cycle & reproduction10
Deciduousnessalways persistent green
Dispersal typeself
Flowering endAug
Flowering startMay
Life formbiennial or perennial
Life span2-5
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 2-5 · GIFT: perennial
Pollination modebiotic
Pollination syndromeinsect
Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte
Self fertilizationpresent
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment9
Aquaticterrestrial
Climatetemperate
Climberself-supporting
Elevation max4 200 m
Elevation min2 000 m
Epiphyteterrestrial
Growth formherb
Habitat GIFTcrop fields, steppe, stony places
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry3
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)318 mg/g
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Seed longevity index0
Other traits1
Diaspore typeseed
03Chemical composition34 compounds
Compounds documented for Silene viscosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Silene viscosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcL4★rbcLa★ITS4★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSilene viscosa carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · slov-fl — Májovský J. et al., 1970b: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora Part 2. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 18: 45-60.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Magulaev, A. Y. 1982. The number of chromosomes of the species of Asteraceae, Caryophyllaceae and Plantaginaceae of the North Caucasus. Biol. Nauki (Moscow) 11 (227): 74–79.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Goukasian, A. G. & A. A. Nersesian. 1992. Karyological study of species of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae) from southern Transcaucasia. Pp. 18–19 <in> Tezisy III Soveshchanie po Kariologii Rastenii.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — DEGRAEVE, N. 1980a. Etude de diverses particularites caryotypiques des genres Silene, Lychnis et Melandrium. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2 2, 53: 595–643.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Dvorak, F. 1977a. Study of chromosomes of Angiosperms 6. Scripta Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Purkyn. Brun. 3, 7: 119–142.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Dvorak, F. & B. Dadakova. 1976a. A contribution to the karyological studies of the taxa of the Slovakian flora. Biologia (Bratislava) 31: 253–262.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MAJOVSKY, J., ET. AL. 1970. Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora. (Part 2). Acta Fae. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae Bot. 18: 45-60.
CCDB · book-northern-plants — D. Love (L. & L. 1942 b).
CCDB · Minareci2009 — Minareci, Ersin, Kemal Yildiz, and Ali Çirpici. 'Karyological studies in some species of the genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae).' Cytologia 74.3 (2009): 245-252.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 573≤1 km 711≤10 km 351>10 km 124
2 759 georeferenced · 538 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 297
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy32% within 1 km
≤100 m 68≤1 km 174≤10 km 217>10 km 295
754 georeferenced · 376 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 130
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
>10 km 3
3 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living3
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions21 of 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
260
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
220
LDlocation not on record
111
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
79
BRNUlocation not on record
72
Turku, FI
57
Oskarshamn, SE
40
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
33
Oulu, FI
29
TUR-Alocation not on record
25
GMBAlocation not on record
20
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record
17
Tallinn, EE
16
Porvoo, FI
8
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
8
Jyväskylä, FI
7
BClocation not on record
7
Tartu, EE
7
GJOlocation not on record
6
Wlocation not on record
6
Salzburg, AT
4
Kuopio, FI
4
Uppsala, SE
4
Stockholm, SE
3
MAlocation not on record
3
Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
3
Beijing, CN
2
Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record
2
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
2
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
2
Xiamen, CN
1
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record
1
SZUlocation not on record
1
Samara National Research Universitylocation not on record
1
The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record
1
PRClocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
DBF-NHMDlocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Barcelona, ES
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Podgorica, ME
1
Berlin, DE
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Trondheim, NO
1
46 institutions · 1 074 of 1 130 vouchered records shown · 53 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Silene viscosa was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.2 °C 3.50–16.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.3 °C
Max temp (day)17.4 °C 6.80–18.0
Min temp (night)14.8 °C -0.1–15.4
Precipitation61.7 mm/mo 59.1–73.2
Air humidity62.2 % 61.8–63.5
Moisture balance17.8 mm/mo
Vapour deficit701 Pa 351–724
Wind speed2.40 m/s
Cloud cover48.4 % 38.1–51.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 450 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype