Silene suksdorfii |
Silene menziesii |
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Suksdorf's catchfly |
Menzies' catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; caudices woody. | Plants perennial, sometimes matted; taproots slender. |
Stems | decumbent to erect, 3–15 cm; branches many, puberulent, glandular-viscid above. |
decumbent to erect, 5–20(50) cm; branches many, puberulent to short, sometimes deflexed hairy, 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 elliptic, 2–6 cm × 3–20 mm, slightly reduced upward. |
Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular-viscid. |
terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; axillary or terminal; pedicels 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. |
usually bisexual, functionally unisexual, ascending to erect; calyces campanulate, not inflated in fruit, 5–7 mm, puberulent and glandular, obscurely 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures absent; lobes 1–2 mm; tips subacute to acuminate; petal claws glabrous; appendages 2; limbs 1.5–3 mm, white; lobes 2; stamens included (pistillate flowers) or equaling petal claws (staminate flowers); styles 3(4), included (staminate flowers) or equaling petal claws (pistillate flowers). |
Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 2–3.5 mm. |
ovoid-ellipsoid; teeth 3(4), splitting to 6(8) teeth; stalks 1–2 mm. |
Seeds | 1–2 mm, brown, winged. |
0.5–1 mm; black, not winged. |
2n | =48. |
=24, 48. |
Silene suksdorfii |
Silene menziesii |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky crevices, ridges, slopes. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1600–2800 m. Casc, ECas. CA, WA. Native. |
Coniferous or aspen woods, sage-juniper slopes, streambanks. Flowering Apr–Sep. 50–2600 m. All ecoregions except Est. CA, ID, NV, WA; western North America. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 572 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Silene menziesii var. menziesii, Silene menziesii var. viscosa | |
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