Silene suksdorfii |
Silene vulgaris |
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Suksdorf's catchfly |
bladder 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. |
decumbent to erect, 20–80 cm; branches few, glabrous to glaucous. |
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. |
lower cauline lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4–8 cm × 5–20 mm; upper cauline lanceolate to ovate, 3–4.5 cm × 5–15 mm, gradually reduced upward. |
Inflorescences | terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided, or flowers solitary; pedicels glandular-viscid. |
terminal; open cymes, not 1-sided; pedicels glabrous. |
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 or unisexual (pistillate), nodding to spreading; calyces campanulate, inflated and becoming papery in fruit, 7–10 mm, glabrous, obscurely 10–15-veined, netted throughout; pale commissures absent; lobes 2–3 mm; acute to mucronate; petal claws glabrous; appendages 0 or 2; minute; limbs 7 mm, white, emarginate or lobes 2, 3–4 mm; stamens exserted; styles 3, exserted. |
Fruits | ovoid; teeth 6(8); stalks 2–3.5 mm. |
subspherical; teeth 6; stalks 2–3 mm. |
Seeds | 1–2 mm, brown, winged. |
1–1.5 mm; black, not winged. |
2n | =48. |
=24. |
Silene suksdorfii |
Silene vulgaris |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Rocky crevices, ridges, slopes. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1600–2800 m. Casc, ECas. CA, WA. Native. |
Roadsides, fields, forest openings. Flowering Jun–Aug. 0–1300 m. Casc, Col, CR, Lava, WV. CA, ID, WA; throughout North America except far north and southeast; Europe. Exotic. A widespread introduced species, S. vulgaris was first gathered in Oregon on ballast at Linnton (Portland) in 1911. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 575 Rich Rabeler, Ronald Hartman |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Silene cucubalus | |
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