Silene stellata |
Silene bridgesii |
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Bridges' catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; caudices woody. | |
Stems | decumbent to erect, 16–50(65) cm; branches 1 or few, puberulent; viscid above. |
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Leaves | basal usually withering; middle cauline oblanceolate to elliptic, 2–6(8) cm × 6–15 mm; upper cauline elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong, 1–5 cm × 3–12 mm, gradually reduced above middle. |
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Inflorescences | terminal and axillary; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels bent distally, glandular hairy. |
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Flowers | bisexual, nodding; calyces tubular to campanulate, not inflated in fruit, 7–14 mm, glandular-puberulent, 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; calyx lobes 2–3 mm; tips acute; petal claws generally glabrous; appendages 2; limbs 4–9 mm, white; lobes 2, 1–3 mm; stamens long-exserted; styles 3; long-exserted. |
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Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6; stalks 2–3 mm. |
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Seeds | 1–1.5 mm, brown, not winged. |
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2n | =48. |
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Silene stellata |
Silene bridgesii |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 600–2300 m. Sisk. CA. Native. Although sometimes listed as being endemic to California, S. bridgesii is known in Oregon from two collections from Ashland Butte made in 1886. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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