Silene suksdorfii |
Silene oregana |
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Suksdorf's catchfly |
Oregon catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; caudices woody. | Plants perennial; caudices woody. |
Stems | decumbent to erect, 3–15 cm; branches many, puberulent, glandular-viscid above. |
erect, 30–50(70) cm; branches 0–few, puberulent, glandular especially 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 oblanceolate or spatulate, 5–8 cm × 7–12 mm, not tufted; upper lanceolate, 1–6(8) cm × 2–6 mm, gradually reduced upward, not overlapping pedicels. |
Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular-viscid. |
terminal and axillary; open cymes, not 1-sided; 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. |
bisexual, ascending; calyces narrowly campanulate, enlarging in fruit, 9–15 mm, glandular-puberulent, prominently 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures present; lobes 2–3 mm; tips obtuse; petal claws glabrous; appendages 4–6; limbs 3–8 mm, white to pink; lobes 4–6, linear; some splitting further; stamens included to slightly exserted; styles 3(5), included to barely exserted. |
Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 2–3.5 mm. |
ellipsoid to ovoid; teeth 6(8, 10); stalks 3–4 mm. |
Seeds | 1–2 mm, brown, winged. |
1–2 mm, brown, not winged. |
2n | =48. |
=48. |
Silene suksdorfii |
Silene oregana |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky crevices, ridges, slopes. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1600–2800 m. Casc, ECas. CA, WA. Native. |
Dry slopes and cliffs, coniferous woods. Flowering Jun–Sep. 700–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas. CA, ID, NV, WA; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 574 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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