Silene stellata |
Silene parryi |
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Parry's catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; caudices woody. | |
Stems | erect; (10)20–60 cm; branches few, puberulent, glandular-viscid above. |
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Leaves | basal spatulate or oblanceolate, 3–8 cm × 2–14 mm, densely tufted or not, not fleshy; cauline in 2–4 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2–8 cm × 2–8 mm, abruptly reduced upward, not overlapping pedicels. |
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Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels > calyx, glandular-viscid. |
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Flowers | bisexual, ascending to erect; calyces campanulate, inflated in fruit, 13–14 mm, glandular-hairy, prominently 10-veined, netted above; pale commissures present; veins in lobes not thickened or broader than commissural veins; commissural veins fork above and fuse with veins in lobes; lobes 2–3 mm; tips acute to rounded-obtuse; petal claws glabrous; appendages 2(4); limbs 5–7 mm, white, often green- or purple-tinged; lobes(2)4, 2 inner > outer; stamens equaling petal claws or barely exserted; styles 3(5), exserted. |
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Fruits | narrowly ovoid; teeth 3(5), splitting to 6, 8 or 10; stalks 2–3 mm. |
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Seeds | 1.5–2.5 mm, brown, not winged. |
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2n | =48, 96. |
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Silene stellata |
Silene parryi |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Grassy meadows, rocky areas. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1400–2600 m. BW, ECas. ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to Alberta, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native. Silene parryi can sometimes be confused with S. douglasii, S. grayi, and small plants of S. scouleri. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 574 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Silene douglasii var. macounii, Silene macounii | |
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