Silene stellata |
Silene bernardina |
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mountain catchfly, Palmer's catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; caudices woody. | |
Stems | erect, 15–55 cm; branches generally few, puberulent to short-hairy, glandular above. |
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Leaves | basal leaves tufted or not, linear to oblanceolate, 2–8 cm × 2–6 mm; cauline leaves usually linear, 1–6 cm × 1–4 mm, gradually reduced upward; upper leaves not overlapping pedicels. |
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Inflorescences | terminal and axillary; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels glandular hairy. |
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Flowers | bisexual; erect; calyces tubular, not inflated in fruit, 12–15 mm, glandular-puberulent, 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; commissural veins fork above and fuse with lobe veins; lobes 2–3.5 mm; tips acute; petal claws ciliate at base; appendages 2, deeply divided; limbs 4–6 mm, white, pink, or reddish; lobes 4, 1.5–3.5 mm; stamens slightly exserted; styles 3(4), equaling petal claws or slightly exserted. |
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Fruits | ellipsoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 2–5 mm. |
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Seeds | 1.5–2 mm, brown, not winged. |
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2n | =48. |
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Silene stellata |
Silene bernardina |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Dry meadows and woods. Flowering Jul–Aug. 1500–2300 m. Casc, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; south to Mexico. Native. Silene bernardina is a variable species and can be sometimes be difficult to distinguish from S. oregana. We follow Morton (2005) in not trying to apply infraspecific concepts. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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Synonyms | Silene bernardina var. rigidula, Silene montana | |
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