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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Family: Caryophyllaceae | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Silene | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Silene parishii S. Watson NATIVE Habit: Perennial herb 10--40 cm; caudex branches generally many. Stem: ascending to erect, strigose to short-hairy, glandular below or throughout. Leaf: slightly reduced upward, 1.5--6 cm, 5--15 mm wide, lanceolate to +- ovate. Inflorescence: pedicel +- 0 to short. Flower: calyx 24--29 mm, short-glandular-hairy, 10-veined, lobes 4--8 mm; petal claw ciliate to puberulent, appendages 2, limb 7--10 mm, yellow-white, lobes +- 6; stamens +- = petals; styles 3, +- exserted. Fruit: ovoid to elliptic; stalk 2--3 mm. Seed: 1.5--2 mm, brown. Chromosomes: 2n=48. Ecology: Open, rocky to gravelly slopes, conifer forest, alpine; Elevation: 1800--3350 m. Bioregional Distribution: SnGb, SnBr, e PR (SnJt, Santa Rosa Mtns, Hot Springs Mtn). Flowering Time: Spring--summer Synonyms: Silene parishii var. latifolia C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire; Silene parishii var. viscida C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire; eFlora Treatment Author: Ronald L. Hartman, Richard K. Rabeler & Dieter H. Wilken Reference: Morton 2005 FNANM 5:166--214 Jepson Online Interchange Previous taxon: Silene oregana Next taxon: Silene pendula | ![]() |
Citation for this treatment: Ronald L. Hartman, Richard K. Rabeler & Dieter H. Wilken 2012, Silene parishii, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=44551, accessed on April 22, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 22, 2018.
More photos of Silene parishii in CalPhotos
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