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7b. Silene campanulata S. Watson subsp. glandulosa C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire, Revis. N. Amer. Silene. 23, plate 5, fig. 34b. 1947.

Bell catchfly

Silene campanulata subsp. greenei (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire; S. campanulata var. greenei S. Watson; S. campanulata var. latifolia F. N. Williams; S. campanulata var. orbiculata B. L. Robinson; S. campanulata var. petrophila Jepson

Stems 15-50 cm, glandular-pubescent or eglandular, hairs long, 5 times as long as broad or longer, not scabrous. Leaf blades lanceolate to ovate, usually wider than 10 mm. Petals creamy white. 2n = 48.

Flowering summer. Chaparral, open coniferous forest, rocky areas, coastal slopes; 100-2300 m; Calif., Oreg.

Subspecies glandulosa is found in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada. Eglandular plants have been treated by some workers as var. (or subsp.) greenei, a distinction that is of doubtful value.


 

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