Silene antirrhina |
Silene occidentalis |
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sleepy catchfly |
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Habit | Plants annual; taproots slender. | |
Stems | erect, 12–80 cm, glabrous or retrorsely puberulent; upper internodes usually viscid. |
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Leaves | basal leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, 1–3(6) cm × 3–6(10) mm; upper cauline leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, gradually reduced upward. |
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Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels glabrous. |
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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. |
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Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6; stalks 1 mm. |
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Seeds | 0.5–0.8 mm, gray-black, not winged. |
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2n | =24. |
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Silene antirrhina |
Silene occidentalis |
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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. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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