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Suksdorf's catchfly

large sand catchfly

Habit Plants perennial; caudices woody. Plants annual; taproots slender.
Stems

decumbent to erect, 3–15 cm;

branches many, puberulent, glandular-viscid above.

erect, 50–80 cm, puberulent; 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.

basal lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1–12 cm × 3–10 mm; upper cauline lanceolate, gradually reduced upward.

Inflorescences

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

pedicels glandular-viscid.

terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided;

pedicels densely glandular hairy.

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.

bisexual; erect;

calyces narrowly conic, inflated in fruit, 18–26 mm, glandular-puberulent; (25)30-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present in fruiting calyx;

lobes 5–10 mm, acuminate;

petal claws glabrous; appendages 2;

limbs 8–12 mm, white; deep pink, or purplish; entire or notched;

stamens exserted;

styles 3, slightly exserted.

Fruits

ovoid;

teeth 6(8);

stalks 2–3.5 mm.

ovoid to conic;

teeth 6;

stalks 1–2.5 mm.

Seeds

1–2 mm, brown, winged.

1–1.5 mm, gray-brown, not winged.

2n

=48.

=20, 24.

Silene suksdorfii

Silene conoidea

Distribution
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Discussion

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

Disturbed, open areas, riverbanks. Flowering May–Jul. 200–700 m. Col, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; western North America, MO, TX; Asia, Europe. Exotic.

An uncommon, introduced species, the earliest Oregon collection was made in Wasco County in 1950.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 569
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
S. acaulis, S. antirrhina, S. bernardina, S. bolanderi, S. bridgesii, S. campanulata, 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
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