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sleepy catchfly

Suksdorf's catchfly

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

Distribution
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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
Sibling taxa
S. acaulis, S. bernardina, S. bolanderi, S. bridgesii, S. campanulata, S. conoidea, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. grayi, S. hookeri, S. latifolia, S. lemmonii, S. menziesii, S. noctiflora, S. nuda, S. oregana, S. parryi, S. pectinata, S. pendula, S. scaposa, S. scouleri, S. spaldingii, S. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
S. acaulis, S. antirrhina, S. bernardina, S. bolanderi, S. bridgesii, S. campanulata, S. conoidea, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. grayi, S. hookeri, S. latifolia, S. lemmonii, S. menziesii, S. noctiflora, S. nuda, S. oregana, S. parryi, S. pectinata, S. pendula, S. scaposa, S. scouleri, S. spaldingii, S. vulgaris
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