Silene nuda |
Silene parishii |
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barestem campion, naked campion, sticky catchfly, western fringe catchfly |
Parish's campion, Parish's catchfly |
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Habit | Plants perennial; taproot thick; caudex erect, branched, thick and woody, producing tufts of leaves. | Plants perennial; taproot stout; caudex much-branched, woody. |
Stems | erect, branched distally, with 2–4 pairs of reduced leaves, 15–50 cm; flowering shoots usually subscapose, coarsely pubescent with hairs colorless, septate, and long, viscid-glandular, especially distally. |
many, decumbent to erect, usually simple, 10–40 cm, woody, pilose and glandular (rarely eglandular proximally). |
Leaves | mostly basal; basal long-petiolate, blade oblanceolate to elliptic, 6–15 cm × 10–30 mm, narrowed to base, not fleshy; cauline few, sessile, reduced distally, blade lanceolate, 0.8–4 cm × 3–8 mm, not fleshy. |
in 5–8 pairs, sessile but proximal ones narrowed into pseudopetiole, largest in mid-stem region, reduced proximally, scalelike at base, blade narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate-elliptic or obovate, 2–6 cm × 3–20 mm, apex acute and acuminate, usually thick, leathery, densely puberulent and viscid-glandular or eglandular. |
Inflorescences | thyrsate, subscapose, rarely simple, (3–)5–12(rarely more)-flowered, open, bracteate, bracteolate, densely pubescent, glandular, viscid; alternate branches often suppressed or developing unevenly; proximal nodes often with single flower; bracts and bracteoles resembling stem leaves but much reduced. |
cymose, open or congested, 3–15(–30)-flowered, sometimes compound, leafy. |
Pedicels | 1/4–2 times length of calyx. |
to 1(–1.5) cm, shortly pilose, viscid-glandular, flowers sometimes sessile. |
Flowers | calyx prominently 10-veined, veins parallel, those of lobes broadened distally, tubular in flower, 10–13 × 2.5–4 mm, campanulate-ovate in fruit, broadest near middle and contracted towards mouth, not contracted proximally, 12–18 × 5–8 mm, with pale commissures, lobes 5, erect, narrowly lanceolate, 4–6 mm, margins narrow, membranous proximally, apex blunt, with glandular hairs; petals 11/2–2 times longer than calyx tube; corolla pink, clawed, claw equaling calyx tube, limb obovate, deeply 2-lobed, 5–10 mm, appendages 2, linear, ca. 1.5 mm; stamens exserted, shorter than petals; styles 3–5, included in calyx, ± equaling calyx or corolla. |
calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular, clavate in fruit, constricted proximally around carpophore, (20–)25–30 × 4–7 mm, papery, densely glandular-puberulent, viscid, veins parallel, green, with pale commissures, lobes narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 5–8 mm, herbaceous; corolla pale greenish yellow to white, clawed, claw equaling calyx, ligulate, as broad as limb, limb 7–8 mm, deeply laciniate into 6 or more linear lobes, appendages oblong, laciniate, 2 mm; stamens equaling calyx; styles 3, exserted. |
Capsules | conic to ellipsoid, equaling calyx lobes, opening by 6–10 recurved teeth; carpophore 1–2 mm. |
equaling calyx, opening by 6 ascending teeth; carpophore ca. 3 mm. |
Seeds | dark brown, reniform, 1–1.5 mm, prominently papillate; papillae larger around margins. |
brown, reniform, 1.5–2 mm, margins papillate; papillae large, inflated. |
2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Silene nuda |
Silene parishii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring and summer. |
Habitat | Scrubby grasslands and openings in woodland and coniferous forests | Rocky ledges and slopes, stream banks, open coniferous woodlands |
Elevation | 1100-2300 m (3600-7500 ft) | 1400-3400 m (4600-11200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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CA
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Discussion | Silene nuda may be confused with the other scapose species, S. scaposa, but S. nuda has larger, more conspicuous petals that are one and one-half to two times as long as the calyx tube. It is found in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades. The Nevada populations tend to grow in drier situations and on saline flats. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Silene parishii varies considerably in pubescence and leaf shape. C. L. Hitchcock and B. Maguire (1947) recognized three varieties on the basis of this variation. However, the characters vary independently and have only a weak geographical correlation. Hence recognition of the three varieties serves little useful purpose. Silene parishii is confined to the mountains of southern California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 5, p. 195. | FNA vol. 5, p. 197. |
Parent taxa | Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Caryophylloideae > Silene | Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Caryophylloideae > Silene |
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Synonyms | Lychnis nuda, S. insectivora, S. nuda subsp. insectivora, S. pectinata, S. pectinata var. subnuda | S. parishii var. latifolia, S. parishii var. viscida |
Name authority | (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire: Revis. N. Amer. Silene, 45. (1947) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 366. (1882) |
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