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Menzies' catchfly

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.

Leaves

oblanceolate to elliptic, 2–6 cm × 3–20 mm, slightly reduced upward.

Inflorescences

terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; axillary or terminal;

pedicels glandular-hairy.

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).

Fruits

ovoid-ellipsoid;

teeth 3(4), splitting to 6(8) teeth;

stalks 1–2 mm.

Seeds

0.5–1 mm; black, not winged.

2n

=24, 48.

Silene stellata

Silene menziesii

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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.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 572
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. bridgesii, S. campanulata, S. conoidea, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. grayi, S. hookeri, S. latifolia, S. lemmonii, S. noctiflora, S. nuda, S. oregana, S. parryi, S. pectinata, S. pendula, S. scaposa, S. scouleri, S. spaldingii, S. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
Synonyms Silene menziesii var. menziesii, Silene menziesii var. viscosa
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