Silene antirrhina |
Silene suksdorfii |
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sleepy catchfly |
Suksdorf's 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. |
decumbent to erect, 3–15 cm; branches 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, 0.5–4.5 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm, densely tufted; fleshy; cauline in 1–3 pairs, linear-lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm × 1–2 mm, abruptly reduced upward. |
Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels glabrous. |
terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular-viscid. |
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, not inflated in fruit, 9–12 mm; short-glandular-hairy, prominently 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; commissural veins fork above and fuse with lobe veins, becoming papery; cell walls of hairs purple; lobes 1–2 mm; tips acute to obtuse; petal claws ciliate at base; appendages 2; limbs 3–5 mm, white to purplish; lobes 2; stamens equaling petal claws; styles 3(4), equaling petal claws. |
Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6; stalks 1 mm. |
ovoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 2–3.5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.5–0.8 mm, gray-black, not winged. |
1–2 mm, brown, winged. |
2n | =24. |
=48. |
Silene antirrhina |
Silene suksdorfii |
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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 crevices, ridges, slopes. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1600–2800 m. Casc, ECas. CA, WA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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