Silene ovata |
Silene grayi |
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Gray's catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; caudices woody. | |
Stems | decumbent to erect, 10–20(30) cm; branches many, retrorsely puberulent below, glandular-viscid above. |
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Leaves | basal narrowly oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.5–4(6) cm × 1–5 mm, densely tufted; fleshy; cauline linear to oblanceolate, 0.4–1 cm × 1–3 mm, abruptly reduced upward; upper leaves not overlapping pedicels. |
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Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular hairy. |
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Flowers | bisexual; erect or sometimes nodding; calyces broadly cylindric, enlarging and becoming campanulate in fruit, 8–10 mm, glandular-puberulent, prominently 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; lobes 1–2 mm, apiculate; petal claws ciliate at base; appendages 2; limbs 3–5 mm, pink to purplish; lobes 4, 2 inner > outer; stamens equaling petal claws; styles 3(4), equaling petal claws. |
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Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 1.5–3 mm. |
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Seeds | 2–3 mm, brown, winged. |
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2n | =48. |
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Silene ovata |
Silene grayi |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky, alpine slopes. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1000–2300 m. Sisk. CA, NV. Native. Morton (2005) noted that small, alpine plants of S. parryi may be mistaken for S. grayi. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 571 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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