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General: Tufted perennial from a stout taproot and branched crown, the numerous, decumbent, simple stems 1-4 dm. tall, densely pubescent throughout. | General: Tufted perennial from a stout taproot and branched crown, the numerous, decumbent, simple stems 1-4 dm. tall, densely pubescent throughout. | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 14 May 2012
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Taxonomy
Description
General: Tufted perennial from a stout taproot and branched crown, the numerous, decumbent, simple stems 1-4 dm. tall, densely pubescent throughout. Leaves: Basal leaves matted, long-petiolate, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long and 2-7 mm. wide; cauline leaves 1-8 pairs, becoming smaller and sessile above.
Flowers: Flowers few, with linear bracts, often remote; calyx tubular, 5-lobed, 12-15 mm. long, becoming papery and enlarged in fruit; petals 5, creamy-white, greenish, pink or purplish; claw 8-12 mm long, the blade oblong, 4-6 mm. long, bi-lobed about ¼ the length; blade appendages 2, oblong, 1 mm. long; ovary stalk 3-4 mm. long; stamens 10; styles 3.
Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.
Bloom Period
Late May - July [2]
Distribution
British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah; in both the Olympic and Cascades Mountains [3]
Habitat
Sagebrush plains to mountain slopes [4]
Uses
Propagation
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
- ↑ http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
- ↑ http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
- ↑ http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Silene&Species=douglasii
