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Bridges' catchfly

Habit Plants perennial; caudices woody.
Stems

decumbent to erect, 16–50(65) cm;

branches 1 or few, puberulent; viscid above.

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.

Inflorescences

terminal and axillary; open cymes, not 1-sided;

pedicels bent distally, glandular hairy.

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.

Fruits

ovoid;

teeth 6;

stalks 2–3 mm.

Seeds

1–1.5 mm, brown, not winged.

2n

=48.

Silene stellata

Silene bridgesii

Distribution
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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.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 568
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Sibling taxa
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. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
S. acaulis, S. antirrhina, S. bernardina, S. bolanderi, 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
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