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night-flowering catchfly

Cascade catchfly, Suksdorf's catchfly

Habit Annual with 1-3 simple or branched stems, 2-6 dm. tall, stiff-hairy throughout and glandular-pubescent above. Tufted perennial from a branched crown, the numerous, unbranched, erect stems up to 15 cm. tall, finely pubescent and glandular above.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-12 cm. long and up to 4 cm. broad, the lower ones long-petiolate, the upper sub-sessile.

Basal leaves many, linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-2 cm. long and 1.5-2 mm. broad, sessile;

cauline leaves similar, usually only 1 or 2 pairs.

Flowers

Flowers few to several in an open inflorescence, the pedicels 3-30 mm. long;

calyx 5u00e2u20acu201clobed, tubular, 15 mm. long at flowering, much enlarged in fruit, 10-nerved, the lobes lance-linear, 5-9 mm. long;

petals 5, white to pinkish, glabrous, the claw 12-25 mm. long, auriculate above, the blade 7-10 mm. long, bi-lobed less than half the length;

blade appendages 2, 0.5-1.5 mm. long and broad;

stamens 10;

styles 3. Flowers open at dusk.

Flowers few, perfect;

calyx 5-lobed, tubular, 10-12 mm. long, with 10 prominent, purple nerves;

petals 5, white to greenish or lavender, the claw 8-13 mm. long, the blade 3-5 mm. long, bi-lobed less than half its length, usually with small, lateral teeth; appendages 2, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, hairy;

stamens 10;

styles usually 3.

Fruits

Capsule 3-celled.

Capsule 1-celled.

Silene noctiflora

Silene suksdorfii

Flowering time June-August June-August
Habitat Grain fields and waste areas. Alpine and subalpine slopes, often on talus.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; northern Washington to California.
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Origin Introduced from Europe Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
S. acaulis, S. antirrhina, S. bernardina, S. conoidea, S. csereii, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. latifolia, S. menziesii, S. oregana, S. paradoxa, S. parryi, S. scouleri, S. seelyi, S. spaldingii, S. suksdorfii, S. vulgaris
S. acaulis, S. antirrhina, S. bernardina, S. conoidea, S. csereii, S. dichotoma, S. dioica, S. douglasii, S. gallica, S. latifolia, S. menziesii, S. noctiflora, S. oregana, S. paradoxa, S. parryi, S. scouleri, S. seelyi, S. spaldingii, S. vulgaris
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