Silene suksdorfii |
Silene conoidea |
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Suksdorf's catchfly |
large sand catchfly |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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