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Parry's catchfly

Habit Plants perennial; caudices woody.
Stems

erect; (10)20–60 cm;

branches few, puberulent, glandular-viscid above.

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.

Inflorescences

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

pedicels > calyx, glandular-viscid.

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.

Fruits

narrowly ovoid;

teeth 3(5), splitting to 6, 8 or 10;

stalks 2–3 mm.

Seeds

1.5–2.5 mm, brown, not winged.

2n

=48, 96.

Silene stellata

Silene parryi

Distribution
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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.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 574
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. menziesii, S. noctiflora, S. nuda, S. oregana, S. pectinata, S. pendula, S. scaposa, S. scouleri, S. spaldingii, S. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
Synonyms Silene douglasii var. macounii, Silene macounii
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