Silene drummondii subsp. drummondii

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Lychnis pudica B. Boivin Silene drummondii var. kruckebergii Bocquet
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 184. Mentioned on page 183.

Inflorescences 1–10 (–20) -flowered, strongly viscid-glandular. Fruiting calyces 12–15 × 4–6 mm, 21/4–3 times as long as broad. Petals off-white to dusky pink, equaling calyx. Seeds ca. 0.7 mm diam. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry, often sandy or gravelly places, prairies, dunes, bluffs, hillsides, sagebrush, open montane woodlands and forests
Elevation: 500-3000 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Sask., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., S.Dak., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number."narrower" is not a number."varying" is not a number.

awned +  and not hooded +
acuminate;acuminate +
John K. Morton +
Hooker +
dentate +, emarginate to 2-fid +  and entire +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
rarely +  and not succulent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
scarious +  and herbaceous +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
2-3 times as long as broad +
not inflated;broadly tubular;narrowly ellipsoid +
membranous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ovoid;globose +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
broadened +
dissected +  and variously--shaped +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
500-3000 m +
peripheral +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
glandular-pubescent +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
Dry, often sandy or gravelly places, prairies, dunes, bluffs, hillsides, sagebrush, open montane woodlands and forests +
1-10(-20)-flowered +
sessile +  and petiolate +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
conspicuous +
oblanceolate;obovate +
1mm +  and 3mm +
not differentiated +
purplish +  and green +
triangular +
papillate +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
longer than broad +
triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
off-white +  and dusky pink +
fugacious +
0-11/2 times calyx +  and equaling +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
dark-brown +
papillate +  and tuberculate +
reniform +  and angular +
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 />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
fewer +  and 10 +
prostrate +, decumbent +  and sprawling +
puberulent +
[30 +, 4 +, 5 +  and 3 +
papillate +
distinct +
filiform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Lychnis pudica +  and Silene drummondii var. kruckebergii +
Silene drummondii subsp. drummondii +
Silene drummondii +
subspecies +
divided +
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 +