Silene acaulis |
Silene rectiramea |
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moss campion |
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Habit | Plants perennial, mat-forming; caudices woody. | |
Stems | erect, 3–6(10) cm; branches many, glabrous. |
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Leaves | mostly basal, crowded, linear-subulate to lanceolate, 0.4–1 cm × 0.8–1.5 mm. |
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Inflorescences | flowers solitary; pedicels glabrous or glandular hairy. |
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Flowers | bisexual or unisexual; erect; calyces tubular to campanulate, 7–10 mm, glabrous, obscurely 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures absent, not inflated in fruit; lobes 1–2 mm; tips obtuse; appendages vestigial; limbs 2.5–3.5 mm, bright pink, rarely white; entire or lobes 2; stamens exserted (staminate flowers) or not (pistillate flowers); styles 3, exserted. |
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Fruits | cylindric; teeth 6; stalks 1 mm. |
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Seeds | 0.8–1 mm, light brown, not winged. |
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2n | =24. |
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Silene acaulis |
Silene rectiramea |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Bare rocky slopes, alpine summits, gravel bars. Flowering Jul–Aug. 1600–3000 m. BW. ID, NV, WA; western and northern North America; eastern Asia, Europe. Native. Silene acaulis is a variable, circumpolar species. Although our material is often cited as variety exscapa, we follow Morton (2005) in not recognizing infraspecific taxa. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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Synonyms | Silene acaulis var. exscapa | |
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