Silene suksdorfii |
Silene hookeri |
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Suksdorf's catchfly |
Hooker's catchfly |
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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. |
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Silene suksdorfii |
Silene hookeri |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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