Suksdorfia violacea

A. Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15: 42. 1879,.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 125. Mentioned on page 124.

Plants 10–25 (–40) cm. Leaves: stipules of rosette leaves barely expanded at bases of petiole, stipules of all cauline leaves conspicuous; petiole 1–6 cm; blade 0.5–2 cm, shallowly 5–9-lobed, base cordate to truncate, apex rounded. Inflorescences loose, cymose-panicles, 2–20-flowered, 5–40 cm, stipitate-glandular; bract subtending pedicel scalelike. Flowers: hypanthium free from ovary 0.5–1 mm, narrowly obconic-campanulate, 3–3.5 mm, short-stipitate-glandular; sepals greenish with purple margins and tips, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 2–3.5 mm, apex acuminate; petals erect, usually pink to violet, rarely white (sometimes drying bluish), elliptic to obovate, unlobed, 6–9 mm (including claw); stamens included, 1–1.5 mm; ovary 1/2 inferior; styles absent. Capsules brown, ovoid, 6–7 mm. Seeds ellipsoid and prismatic, 0.5 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Wet, mossy, rocky crevices and cliffs
Elevation: 0-3000 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Suksdorfia violacea is found from the mountains of Montana to the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia and Washington and to northwestern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

... more about "Suksdorfia violacea"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acuminate +  and rounded +
Elizabeth Fortson Wells +  and Patrick E. Elvander† +
A. Gray +
cordate +  and truncate +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
5-9-lobed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
scale-like +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
compound +  and simple +
stipitate-glandular +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0-3000 m +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Wet, mossy, rocky crevices and cliffs +
multicellular +
short-stipitate-glandular +
obconic-campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
opposite +  and alternate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-35-flowered +
flat-topped +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
white +, usually pink +  and violet +
distinct +
unlobed +, elliptic +  and obovate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
peltate +  and jointed +
stipitate-glandular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
unequal +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
spiny +  and ribbed +
dark-brown +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
prismatic +  and ellipsoid +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
distinct +
triangular-lanceolate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
expanded +
connate +  and distinct +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
Suksdorfia violacea +
Suksdorfia +
species +
not stoloniferous +  and not rhizomatous +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +