Sleepy Catchfly Flower Sabino Canyon 3/8/16 Sleepy Catchfly Flower Sabino Canyon 3/8/16 Sleepy Catchfly Stem Sleepy Catchfly Leaves Sleepy Catchfly Internode


Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Sleepy Catchfly.
Silene antirhinna.
Pink (Caryophyllaceae) family.

The flowers are "sleepy" and frequently closed except for in the morning. The flowers are 1/4 inch (6 mm) across and have 5 petals with rounded, slightly notched tips. The leaves are green, opposite, oblanceolate lower on the stems, and linear in shape higher on the stems. The stems are upright, branched, and sticky enough in patches to fatally trap insects like aphids and small flies.

Santa Catalina Mountains.
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Location: Shoulder of Bear Canyon Road
2/23/16

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