Silene antirrhina |
Silene nuda |
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sleepy catchfly |
sticky catchfly, western fringed catchfly |
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Habit | Plants annual; taproots slender. | Plants perennial; caudices woody. |
Stems | erect, 12–80 cm, glabrous or retrorsely puberulent; upper internodes usually viscid. |
erect, 15–50 cm; branches few to many, puberulent, glandular-viscid above. |
Leaves | basal leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, 1–3(6) cm × 3–6(10) mm; upper cauline leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, gradually reduced upward. |
basal narrowly oblanceolate, 2–10(20) cm × 2–12(20) mm, densely tufted, not fleshy; cauline in 1–3 pairs, linear-lanceolate, 1.2–4 cm × 1–4 mm, abruptly reduced upward, not overlapping pedicels. |
Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels glabrous. |
terminal and axillary open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular-puberulent. |
Flowers | bisexual; erect; calyces ovate to campanulate, not inflated in fruit, 4–9 mm, glabrous, 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; lobes 1 mm; tips acute; petal claws glabrous (or rarely petals absent); appendages 0 or to 0.4 mm; limbs ~2.5 mm, white to red; lobes 2; stamens included; styles 3, included. |
bisexual; erect; calyces campanulate, enlarging in fruit, 10–12 mm, glandular-viscid, prominently 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; veins in lobes thickened and broader apically than commissural veins; commissural veins not forking/fusing with lobe veins; lobes 1.5–4 mm; tips acute to obtuse, with a broad scarious margin; petal claws ciliate at base; appendages 2–4; limbs 2.5–5.5 mm; off-white to dingy purple; lobes 4, 2–5 mm; stamens slightly exserted; styles 3–5, equaling petal claws. |
Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6; stalks 1 mm. |
teeth 3–5; stalks 0.5–2 mm. |
Seeds | 0.5–0.8 mm, gray-black, not winged. |
1.2–2 mm, brown, not winged. |
2n | =24. |
=48. |
Silene antirrhina |
Silene nuda |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Roadsides, meadows, slopes, open woods. Flowering May–Jul. 0–1200 m. BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Lava, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America; Europe, South America. Native. |
Rocky slopes, outcrops, sage flats, lava craters. Flowering May–Jul. 900–2100 m. BR, ECas, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV; CO. Native. We follow Holmgren and Holmgren (2012) in recognizing S. nuda as including S. scaposa var. lobata; see their discussion of the typification of these taxa for additional information. Although considered by Morton (2005) to have two-lobed petals, the original description clearly states “limbs of the petals 4-lobed” (Watson 1871). |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 573 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Silene scaposa var. lobata | |
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