View source for Silene menziesii

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|accepted_name=Silene menziesii
|accepted_authority=Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 90, plate 30. 1830
|year=1830
}}
|common_names=Menzies’ catchfly
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites alsinoides
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
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|name=Anotites bakeri
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites costata
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites debilis
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites diffusa
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites discurrens
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites dorrii
|authority=(Kellogg) Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites elliptica
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites halophila
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites jonesii
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites latifolia
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites macilenta
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites menziesii
|authority=(Hooker) Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites nodosa
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites picta
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites tenerrima
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites tereticaulis
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites villosula
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anotites viscosa
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene dorrii
|authority=Kellogg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene menziesii subsp. dorrii
|authority=(Kellogg) C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene menziesii var. viscosa
|authority=(Greene) C. L. Hitchcock & Maguire
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene obovata
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene stellarioides
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Silene;Silene menziesii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Silene]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Silene menziesii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 170, 205, 214
|treatment_page=page 193
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, with several–many decumbent, sometimes cespitose or matted shoots; taproot slender. <b>Stems</b> decumbent to erect, simple or branched, leafy throughout, 5–30(–70) cm, usually glandular-puberulent distally, proximal pubescence varying from short and sparse to multicellular, crinkled and deflexed, glandular or not. <b>Leaves</b> 2 per node, sessile or short-petiolate; blade usually oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, rarely obovate or elliptic, 2–6(–10) cm × 3–20(–35) mm, broadest at or above middle, narrowed to base, margins ciliate with short, somewhat scabrid hairs, apex acute to acuminate, puberulent to pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose, or flowers axillary or solitary and terminal; cyme loose, compound, leafy. <b>Pedicels</b> slender, 0.5–3 cm, glandular-puberulent. <b>Flowers</b> functionally unisexual, usually bisexual; calyx obscurely 10-veined, campanulate, 5–8 mm, ca. 1/2 as wide, herbaceous, margins dentate, lobes lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm, apex recurved, subacute to acuminate, puberulent to pilose and glandular, veins without conspicuous, pale commissures; corolla white, clawed, 1–11/2 times calyx, claw shorter than calyx, limb oblong, 2-lobed, 1.5–3 mm, lobes oblong, apex obtuse, appendages 2, small, 0.1–0.4 mm; stamens in functionally staminate flowers equaling corolla, otherwise reduced and included in calyx; stigmas 3(–4), equaling corolla in functionally pistillate flowers, otherwise included in calyx, papillate along whole length. <b>Capsules</b> green, becoming black, ovoid-ellipsoid, slightly longer than calyx, opening by 3 erect teeth which often split into 6; carpophore ca. 1.5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> black, not winged, broadly reniform, 0.5–1 mm, glossy, obscurely reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 24, 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering throughout summer.
|habitat=Common in open woodlands and forests, grasslands, gravelly places, river banks, mountains farther south
|elevation=200-3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Silene menziesii</i> is quite variable in the extent to which the inflorescence is developed and in its pubescence. This, coupled with the functionally dioecious nature of the species, has spawned a plethora of names, none of which appear to warrant recognition. The similar <i>S. williamsii</i> from Alaska and the Yukon Territory can be separated by its narrower lanceolate leaves that are broadest near the base and dull, usually brown, tuberculate seeds. Also, its stigmas are papillate only near the top. <i>Silene seelyi</i> is also very similar to <i>S. menziesii</i> but has dark red flowers and leaves that are smaller (to 2 cm in length) and broadest below the middle.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Silene menziesii
|authority=Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Anotites alsinoides;Anotites bakeri;Anotites costata;Anotites debilis;Anotites diffusa;Anotites discurrens;Anotites dorrii;Anotites elliptica;Anotites halophila;Anotites jonesii;Anotites latifolia;Anotites macilenta;Anotites menziesii;Anotites nodosa;Anotites picta;Anotites tenerrima;Anotites tereticaulis;Anotites villosula;Anotites viscosa;Silene dorrii;Silene menziesii subsp. dorrii;Silene menziesii var. viscosa;Silene obovata;Silene stellarioides
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering throughout summer.
|habitat=Common in open woodlands and forests, grasslands, gravelly places, river banks, mountains farther south
|elevation=200-3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1830
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_392.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Silene
|species=Silene menziesii
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