Silene stellata |
Silene menziesii |
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Menzies' catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial, sometimes matted; taproots slender. | |
Stems | decumbent to erect, 5–20(50) cm; branches many, puberulent to short, sometimes deflexed hairy, glandular-puberulent above. |
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Leaves | oblanceolate to elliptic, 2–6 cm × 3–20 mm, slightly reduced upward. |
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Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; axillary or terminal; pedicels glandular-hairy. |
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Flowers | usually bisexual, functionally unisexual, ascending to erect; calyces campanulate, not inflated in fruit, 5–7 mm, puberulent and glandular, obscurely 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures absent; lobes 1–2 mm; tips subacute to acuminate; petal claws glabrous; appendages 2; limbs 1.5–3 mm, white; lobes 2; stamens included (pistillate flowers) or equaling petal claws (staminate flowers); styles 3(4), included (staminate flowers) or equaling petal claws (pistillate flowers). |
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Fruits | ovoid-ellipsoid; teeth 3(4), splitting to 6(8) teeth; stalks 1–2 mm. |
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Seeds | 0.5–1 mm; black, not winged. |
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2n | =24, 48. |
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Silene stellata |
Silene menziesii |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Coniferous or aspen woods, sage-juniper slopes, streambanks. Flowering Apr–Sep. 50–2600 m. All ecoregions except Est. CA, ID, NV, WA; western North America. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 572 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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Synonyms | Silene menziesii var. menziesii, Silene menziesii var. viscosa | |
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