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Suksdorf's catchfly

Habit Plants perennial; caudices woody.
Stems

decumbent to erect, 3–15 cm;

branches many, puberulent, glandular-viscid above.

Leaves

basal narrowly oblanceolate, 0.5–4.5 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm, densely tufted; fleshy;

cauline in 1–3 pairs, linear-lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm × 1–2 mm, abruptly reduced upward.

Inflorescences

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

pedicels glandular-viscid.

Flowers

bisexual; erect;

calyces campanulate, not inflated in fruit, 9–12 mm; short-glandular-hairy, prominently 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; commissural veins fork above and fuse with lobe veins, becoming papery;

cell walls of hairs purple;

lobes 1–2 mm;

tips acute to obtuse;

petal claws ciliate at base; appendages 2;

limbs 3–5 mm, white to purplish;

lobes 2;

stamens equaling petal claws;

styles 3(4), equaling petal claws.

Fruits

ovoid;

teeth 6(8);

stalks 2–3.5 mm.

Seeds

1–2 mm, brown, winged.

2n

=48.

Silene suksdorfii

Distribution
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Discussion

Rocky crevices, ridges, slopes. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1600–2800 m. Casc, ECas. CA, WA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575
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. vulgaris
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