Silene laciniata subsp. californica

(Durand) J. K. Morton

Sida 21: 888. 2004.

Common names: California pink
Basionym: Silene californica Durand J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, n. s. 3: 83. 1855
Synonyms: Silene laciniata var. californica (Durand) A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 190. Mentioned on page 189, 206.

Stems decumbent at base, straggling to erect, leafy throughout, sparsely branched, scaly proximally below-ground, with soft, short pubescence. Leaves: proximal blades oblanceolate, sometimes broadly so, narrowed into short pseudopetiole, 2–6 cm × 6–25 mm, shortly pubescent abaxially, subglabrous adaxially; distal sessile, blade lanceolate or ovatelanceolate to broadly elliptic, 2–9 cm × 5–30 mm, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences poorly developed, usually 1–3 (–5) -flowered, open cymes, bracteate; bracts leaflike, lanceolate to ovatelanceolate. Calyces broadly tubular, widened distally, 15–25 × 4–8 mm in flower, obovate to turbinate in fruit and to 13 mm broad, more than 1/2 as broad as long. Capsules ovoid. 2n = 48, 72.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry, open woodlands, chaparral, rocky hillsides and cliffs
Elevation: 0-2200 m

Discussion

The recently described Silene serpentinicola is similar to subsp. californica but differs in its short, erect, more or less solitary flowering stems and the much larger appendages of the flowers.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"longest" is not a number."narrower" is not a number."broadest" is not a number.

awned +  and not hooded +
acute;shortly acuminate +
inconspicuous +
John K. Morton +
(Durand) J. K. Morton +
Silene californica +
dentate +, emarginate to 2-fid +  and entire +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
ovatelanceolate +  and broadly elliptic +
rarely +  and not succulent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and ovatelanceolate +
scarious +  and herbaceous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
/2 +  and 1 +
obovate;turbinate +
broadening +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
California pink +
dissected +  and variously--shaped +
bracteate +  and open +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Calif. +  and Mexico +
0-2200 m +
peripheral +
pubescent +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
glandular-pubescent +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
stalked +  and simple +
Dry, open woodlands, chaparral, rocky hillsides and cliffs +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
narrowed +
conspicuous +
purplish +  and green +
4 (?) +  and 6 (?) +
oblong +, lanceolate +  and linear +
papillate +
not +  and membranous +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
off-white tinged with purple +, dusky purple +, scarlet +, pink +  and white +
fugacious +
Flowering spring–summer. +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
subglabrous +  and pubescent +
narrowed +  and oblanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
reddish-brown +
papillate +  and tuberculate +
reniform +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 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 />) +
tuberculate +
Illustrated +
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
fewer +  and 10 +
branched +  and leafy +
below-ground +
straggling;erect +
glabrate +, scabrous-pubescent +  and puberulent +
1;several +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
papillate +
distinct +
4 +, 5 +  and 3 +
filiform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Silene laciniata var. californica +
Silene laciniata subsp. californica +
Silene laciniata +
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 +