Index / Search / Silene vulgaris
§1 Plant
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke
vernacular maidenstears — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Silene
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 585 counties across 36 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 585 counties across 36 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
California view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Scott 17171
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ontonagon 26131
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Daniels 30019
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Washington 39167
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Oregon view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 49 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 50 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 20 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SIVU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9172281 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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