Silene parryi

(S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire

Revis. N. Amer. Silene, 36. 1947.

Common names: Parry’s catchfly
Endemic
Basionym: Lychnis parryi S. Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 248. 1877
Synonyms: Silene douglasii var. macounii (S. Watson) B. L. Robinson Silene macounii S. Watson Silene scouleri var. macounii (S. Watson) B. Boivin Silene tetonensis E. E. Nelson Silene tetragyna Suksdorf Wahlbergella parryi (S. Watson) Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 197. Mentioned on page 172, 182, 186, 196, 210, 198, 209.

Plants perennial; taproot thick; caudex branched, woody, with tufts of basal leaves. Stems erect, simple, (10–) 20–60 cm, softly puberulent, viscid-glandular distally. Leaves mostly basal; basal petiolate, blade oblanceolate, spatulate, 3–8 cm × 2–14 mm, not fleshy, margins shortly ciliate, apex ± acute, glabrous to puberulent on both surfaces; cauline usually in 2–4 pairs, blade narrowly oblanceolate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 0.2–0.8 cm × 10–80 mm, not fleshy, puberulent on both surfaces, at least distal ones glandular. Inflorescences (1–) 3–7-flowered, open, bracteate; bracts linear-lanceolate, broadened at base, 2–10 mm. Pedicels ascending, usually longer than calyx, puberulent, viscid stipitate-glandular. Flowers: calyx prominently 10-veined, campanulate, inflated, ± umbilicate, not or only slightly constricted toward base, (10–) 12–16 × 7–9 mm in fruit, glandular-pubescent, strongly viscid, veins parallel, purplish, with pale commissures, not much broadened distally, commissural veins slender, forked distally and fused to those of lobes, lobes ovate to broadly triangular with lanceolate midrib, 2–3 mm, margins purple-tinged, broad, membranous; corolla white, often tinged green or purple, clawed, claw equaling calyx, glabrous, broadened distally, limb deeply 2-lobed, rarely 4-lobed, 5–7 mm, lobes with 2 prominent lateral teeth, appendages 2 (–4), 1.5–2 mm; stamens equaling calyx; stigmas 3 (–5), exserted. Capsules included in calyx, opening by 3 (–5) teeth, each tardily splitting into 2; carpophore 2–3 mm. Seeds brown, not winged, broadly reniform and often flattened, 1.5–2.5 mm, rugose to shallowly tuberculate on sides, larger tubercules on margins. 2n = 48, 96.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Mountains, gravelly ridges, rocky and grassy slopes, subalpine meadows, grassy openings in montane forests
Elevation: 1500-3000 m

Distribution

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

Discussion

Silene parryi is very similar to S. douglasii, but the latter is normally eglandular with a characteristic short, gray, retrorse pubescence. The two species may hybridize, accounting for the occurrence of populations of S. douglasii with some glandular pubescence in the inflorescence. Silene parryi is closely related also to S. scouleri, but the latter is normally readily distinguished by its pink flowers; taller stature; long, narrow, many-flowered inflorescences; and fusiform fruiting calyces that are constricted around the carpophore. However, some depauperate specimens of S. scouleri from montane habitats are difficult to place. Also, small plants of S. parryi from alpine habitats can easily be mistaken for S. grayi. The anthers of S. parryi are often smutted with Microbotryum violaceum (Persoon) G. Deml & Oberwinker [= Ustilago violacea (Persoon) Roussel], e.g., in the type collection of S. tetonensis.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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awned +  and not hooded +
glabrous +  and puberulent +
John K. Morton +
(S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire +
Lychnis parryi +
dentate +, emarginate to 2-fid +  and entire +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate +
not fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate +
reduced +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
scarious +  and herbaceous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +
umbilicate;inflated;campanulate +
constricted +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
ovoid;globose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
broadened +
Parry’s catchfly +
purple +, tinged green +  and white +
dissected +  and variously--shaped +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1500-3000 m +
peripheral +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
glandular-pubescent +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
Mountains, gravelly ridges, rocky and grassy slopes, subalpine meadows, grassy openings in montane forests +
bracteate +, open +  and (1-)3-7-flowered +
sessile +  and petiolate +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
conspicuous +
4-lobed;2-lobed +
5mm +  and 7mm +
purplish +  and green +
1 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
ovate +  and broadly triangular +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
purple-tinged +
membranous +
lanceolate +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
stipitate-glandular +  and puberulent +
off-white tinged with purple +, dusky purple +, scarlet +, pink +  and white +
fugacious +
Flowering summer. +
Revis. N. Amer. Silene, +
rugose +  and shallowly tuberculate +
flattened +  and reniform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 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 +
fewer +  and 10 +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
prostrate +, decumbent +  and sprawling +
puberulent +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 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 douglasii var. macounii +, Silene macounii +, Silene scouleri var. macounii +, Silene tetonensis +, Silene tetragyna +  and Wahlbergella parryi +
Silene parryi +
species +
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 +