Silene hookeri subsp. hookeri
Common names: Hooker’s Indian pink
Endemic
Synonyms: Silene hookeri subsp. pulverulenta Silene ingramii M. Peck Silene pulverulenta
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 187.
Plants completely eglandular or with glandular-hairs on calyx and pedicels. Petals coral pink or white, limb with 4 unequal lobes or 2 lobes with lateral teeth, lobes lanceolate to broadly oblong, 5–10 mm, appendages 2, linear, 1.5–3.5 mm. 2n = 72.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Dry, sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, grassy areas, open woodlands, coniferous forests, serpentine areas
Elevation: 100-1400 m
Discussion
Although subsp. hookeri normally is eglandular, plants with stipitate-glandular hairs intermixed with the eglandular pubescence occur in several localities. They have been named subsp. pulverulenta.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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hypogynous +
entire +
pubescent +
acute;acute +
absent +
1.5mm;3.5mm +
spongy +
distinct +
absent +
clawed +
arising +
absent +
1-5-veined +
herbaceous +
reduced +
foliaceous +
leaflike +
paired +
absent +
reduced +
10-veined +
dehiscing +
turbinate;tubular +
swelling +
equaling +
splitting +
ovoid;oblong +
absent +
much-branched +
absent +
woody +
thick +
absent +
conspicuous +
Hooker’s Indian pink +
clawed +
absent +
dish--shaped +
curved +
peripheral +
absent +
distinct +
symmetric +
viscid +
axillary +
conspicuous +
glandular-pubescent +
12;25 +
Dry, sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, grassy areas, open woodlands, coniferous forests, serpentine areas +
simple +
urceolate +
axillary +
single +
reduced +
connate +
subterranean +
bractlike +
papery +
exserted +
conspicuous +
2-lobed;4-lobed +
1-5-veined +
irregular +
usually shorter +
? (?) +
opposite +
whitish +
larger +
narrow +
membranous +
absent +
0mm;10mm +
swollen +
superior +
campylotropous +
inflated +
small +
straight +
ascending +
absent +
hypogynous +
straight +
central +
surrounding +
annular +
fugacious +
absent +
showy +
clawed +
absent +
in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. +
1838 +
arising +
absent +
dark-brown;black +
15;100 +
reniform +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
connate +
1/4;1/2 +
Endemic +
dimorphic +
slightly longer +
arising +
absent +
absent +
1;10 +
rooting +
angular +
decumbent +
herbaceous +
erect +
numerous +
terete +
subcapitate +
slightly longer +
absent +
papillate +
absent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
filiform +
deep +
slender +
Silene hookeri subsp. hookeri +
Silene hookeri +
subspecies +
tuberous +
fascicles +
irregular +
divided +
equal +
10-30-veined +
herbaceous +
membranous +
indehiscent +
entire +
perennial +
horizontal +
absent +