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Suksdorf's catchfly

Hooker's catchfly

Habit Plants perennial; caudices woody. Plants perennial; caudex woody.
Stems

decumbent to erect, 3–15 cm;

branches many, puberulent, glandular-viscid above.

decumbent to erect, 4–25 cm;

branches many;

hairs appressed below, often glandular-puberulent 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.

oblanceolate to spatulate, 2–8 cm × 5–15(25) mm; largest near middle of stem; upper leaves overlapping with or exceeding pedicels.

Inflorescences

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

pedicels glandular-viscid.

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

pedicels short-hairy, glandular or not.

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, ascending to erect;

calyces broadly tubular, enlarging in fruit, 12–20 mm, densely short-hairy or glandular-hairy, 10-veined, not netted above; commissures narrow; pale;

lobes 4–7 mm;

tips acute;

petal claws glabrous or slightly ciliate at base; appendages 2;

limbs 10–15 mm, pink or white, rarely bright red;

lobes 4, 5–10 mm; of equal size or 2 inner > outer;

stamens slightly exserted;

styles 3, exserted.

Fruits

ovoid;

teeth 6(8);

stalks 2–3.5 mm.

ovoid to oblong;

teeth 6;

stalks 0.5–5 mm.

Seeds

1–2 mm, brown, winged.

~2 mm; dark-brown to black, not winged.

2n

=48.

Silene suksdorfii

Silene hookeri

Distribution
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Discussion

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

California and Oregon. 4 subspecies; 2 subspecies treated in Flora.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575
Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 571
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. conoidea, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. grayi, 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
Subordinate taxa
S. hookeri ssp. hookeri, S. hookeri ssp. serpentinicola
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