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Annual, biennial, perennial herb, rarely dioecious, taprooted or rhizome generally slender
Leaves simple, generally opposite; stipules generally 0; petiole generally 0; blade entire, sheath generally 0
Inflorescence: cyme, generally open; flowers few–many or flower solitary and axillary; involucre generally 0
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium sometimes present; sepals generally 5, ± free or fused into a tube, tube generally herbaceous between lobes or teeth; awns generally 0; petals generally 5 or 0, generally tapered to base (or with claw long, blade expanded), entire to 2–several-lobed, blade generally without scale-like appendages (inner surface), generally without ear-like lobes at base; stamens generally 10, generally fertile, generally free, generally from ovary base; nectaries generally 0; ovary superior, generally 1-chambered, placentas basal or free-central, styles 2–5 or 1 and 2–3-branched
Fruit: capsule or utricle (rarely modified, dehiscent), generally sessile
Seeds: appendage generally 0
Genera in family: 85 genera, 2400 species: widespread, especially arctic, alpine, temp, n hemisphere; some cultivated (Agrostemma, Arenaria, Cerastium, Dianthus, Gypsophila, Lychnis, Saponaria, Silene, Vaccaria ).
Annual, biennial, perennial herb, erect, taprooted or rhizomed
Leaves: blade ± lanceolate; veins 1–3, often obscure
Inflorescence: cyme, generally panicle-like, terminal; flowers ± few–many; pedicels 1–30+ mm
Flower: sepals 5, fused, glabrous or glandular-hairy, tube ± prominent, ± 1.3–4 mm, 0.8–2 mm diam, cup- to bell-shaped, round to angled in X -section, white-scarious between teeth, veins ± 5, teeth 0.2–1 mm, < tube, lanceolate to triangular; petals 5, ± 2.2–9 mm, claw long, blade entire to notched; styles 2, 2–5 mm
Fruit: capsule, oblong to spheric; teeth 4, ascending to recurved
Seeds 2–several, black
Species in genus: 125 species: temp Eurasia, n Africa
Etymology: (Greek: gypsum lover, from habitat of 1 sp.)
Reference: [Barkoudah 1962 Wentia 9:1–203]
| Introduced |
Annual, biennial 15–50 cm; taproot slender
Leaf: blade 2–5 mm wide, ± linear-lanceolate
Inflorescence ± open; flowers ± few; pedicels glabrous
Flower: calyx 3–5 mm, glabrous; petals 2–5 X calyx, white to pink, veins purple
Chromosomes: 2n=26,34
Ecology: Open pine/fir forest
Elevation: ± 2000 m.
Bioregional distribution: n High Sierra Nevada (Placer Co.)
Distribution outside California: native to sw Europe, se Asia