Blooms: Late May - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Threatened
Distribution: Wenatchee Mountains, Kittitas and Chelan Counties, Washington.
Habitat: Cliffs and talus slopes at moderate to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Threatened
Distribution: Wenatchee Mountains, Kittitas and Chelan Counties, Washington.
Habitat: Cliffs and talus slopes at moderate to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Glandular perennial from a branched crown and short rhizomes, the slender, ascending stems up to 3 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves numerous, opposite, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 cm. long and 3-9 mm. broad, thin, pointed, short-petiolate or sessile.
Flowers: Flowers perfect, 2-several in an open, leafy inflorescence; calyx 5-lobed, tubular, about 7.5 mm. long, 10-nerved; petals 5, purplish, the claw about 6 mm. long and the blade about 2-3 mm. long, oblong, bi-lobed to mid-length, with a small lateral tooth below each lobe; appendages very small; stamens 10; styles 3, exerted.
Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.
General: Glandular perennial from a branched crown and short rhizomes, the slender, ascending stems up to 3 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves numerous, opposite, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 cm. long and 3-9 mm. broad, thin, pointed, short-petiolate or sessile.
Flowers: Flowers perfect, 2-several in an open, leafy inflorescence; calyx 5-lobed, tubular, about 7.5 mm. long, 10-nerved; petals 5, purplish, the claw about 6 mm. long and the blade about 2-3 mm. long, oblong, bi-lobed to mid-length, with a small lateral tooth below each lobe; appendages very small; stamens 10; styles 3, exerted.
Fruits: Capsule 1-celled.
Accepted Name:
Silene seelyi Morton & J.W. ThompsonSynonyms:
Anotites seelyi (C. V. Morton & J. W. Thompson) W. A. Weber
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Silene seelyi
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Silene seelyi specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Silene seelyi specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Silene seelyi treatment.
E-Flora BC: Silene seelyi atlas page.
CalPhotos: Silene seelyi images.
USDA Plants Database: Silene seelyi.
John Gamon
John Gamon
Don Knoke, 2008
Don Knoke, 2008
Don Knoke, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2008
Rod Gilbert, 2008
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