Silene suksdorfii |
Silene spaldingii |
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Suksdorf's catchfly |
Spalding's campion |
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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, 20–60 cm; branches few to many, villous and glandular-viscid. |
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. |
lanceolate, 3–7 cm × 5–15 mm; largest near middle of stem. |
Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular-viscid. |
terminal and axillary; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels glandular-viscid. |
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, spreading or ascending to erect; calyces tubular-campanulate, enlarging in fruit, 10–15 mm, glandular-viscid, obscurely 10-veined, not netted above; pale commissures absent; lobes 3–6 mm; tips blunt; petal appendages 4(6); limbs 2 mm; greenish white, emarginate; stamens equaling petal limbs; styles 3, equaling petal limbs. |
Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 2–3.5 mm. |
ellipsoid to oblong; teeth 6; stalks 1.5–2.5 mm. |
Seeds | 1–2 mm, brown, winged. |
~2 mm; yellowish brown, winged. |
2n | =48. |
=48. |
Silene suksdorfii |
Silene spaldingii |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky crevices, ridges, slopes. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1600–2800 m. Casc, ECas. CA, WA. Native. |
Grasslands, dry areas. Flowering Jul–Sep. 600–1600 m. BW. ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to MT. Native. Silene spaldingii is a federally listed threatened species (listed endangered by the State of Oregon), and is known from only a few populations in Wallowa County. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
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