Silene bridgesii

Rohrbach

Index Seminum (Berlin), App. 2: 5. 1867.

Common names: Bridges’s catchfly
Endemic
Synonyms: Silene engelmannii Rohrbach Silene incompta A. Gray Silene longistylis Engelmann ex S. Watson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 176. Mentioned on page 171, 192.

Plants perennial; taproot stout; caudex much-branched, woody. Flowering-stems erect, with 3–6 pairs of leaves below inflorescence, 30–80 cm, short-pubescent, glandular and somewhat viscid distally. Leaves: proximal petiolate, blade oblanceolate, 3–6 (–8) cm × 5–15 mm (including petiole), base tapered into short petiole, apex acute to obtuse and apiculate, short-pubescent on both surfaces, pubescence rather sparse adaxially; cauline leaves sessile, blade elliptic-lanceolate, 2–6 cm × 5–15 mm. Inflorescences branched, several–many-flowered, open, bracteate, flowering portion to 15 cm and ca. 1/2 as broad, glandular and viscid; cymules usually 1–3-flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate, shorter than pedicel; peduncle shorter than internodes. Pedicels divaricate, sharply bent distally, 5–15 mm. Flowers nodding; calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular to campanulate, umbilicate but narrowed at base, lobed, 9–11 × 3–5 mm in flower, in fruit ovate to turbinate, 5–8 mm broad, viscid-pubescent, veins parallel, green, papery between; lobes 5, narrowly lanceolate, obtuse, 2–3 mm, ciliate; corolla ± white, often greenish abaxially and pink tinged, 2 times calyx; petals 2-lobed, margins entire to erose, appendages linear, narrow, 1–2.5 mm; stamens often long-exserted; filaments pubescent at base; styles persistent, 3, long-exserted, filamentous, exceeding 2 times calyx. Capsules broadly ovoid, ca. equaling calyx, opening by 6 ascending, triangular teeth; carpophore 2–3 mm. Seeds reddish-brown, reniform, 1.2–1.8 mm broad, coarsely papillate. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Coniferous forest openings and mixed woodlands, dry slopes
Elevation: 500-2800 m

Discussion

Silene bridgesii is similar to S. lemmonii but usually can be distinguished by its larger size, broader and larger leaves, the near-absence of sterile basal shoots, and larger floral parts and fruits. Although S. longistylis has often been cited as a synonym of S. lemmonii, examination of the holotype (Henderson s.n., GH) indicates that it is referable to S. bridgesii.

Silene bridgesii is found in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Silene bridgesii"
awned +  and not hooded +
sparse +  and short-pubescent +
acute;obtuse +
John K. Morton +
Rohrbach +
tapered +
dentate +, emarginate to 2-fid +  and entire +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
elliptic-lanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
rarely +  and not succulent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
reduced +
scarious +  and herbaceous +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
viscid-pubescent +
lobed;narrowed;umbilicate;tubular;campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
much-branched +
conspicuous +
Bridges’s catchfly +
greenish abaxially and pink tinged +  and white +
dissected +  and variously--shaped +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
500-2800 m +
peripheral +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
glandular-pubescent +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
ovate +  and turbinate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
stalked +  and simple +
Coniferous forest openings and mixed woodlands, dry slopes +
bracteate +, open +, several-many-flowered +  and branched +
sessile +  and petiolate +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
conspicuous +
oblanceolate;obovate +
purplish +  and green +
obtuse +  and lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
entire +  and erose +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
off-white tinged with purple +, dusky purple +, scarlet +, pink +  and white +
fugacious +
2-lobed +
Flowering summer. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Index Seminum (Berlin), App. +
reddish-brown +
papillate +
reniform +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
long-exserted +
fewer +  and 10 +
branched +  and simple +
prostrate +, decumbent +  and sprawling +
ascending;erect +
[30 +, 4 +, 5 +  and 3 +
papillate +
persistent +
distinct +
long-exserted +
filiform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
filamentous +
Silene engelmannii +, Silene incompta +  and Silene longistylis +
Silene bridgesii +
species +
triangular +
10-30-veined +
purplish +, whitish +  and green +
inflated +, terete +, cylindric +  and campanulate urceolate or clavate +
membranous +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +