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|accepted_name=Silene oregana
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=10: 343. 1875
|year=1875
}}
|common_names=Oregon catchfly
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene filisecta
|authority=M. Peck
|rank=species
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|name=Silene gormanii
|authority=Howell
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Silene oregana var. filisecta
|authority=(M. Peck) M. Peck
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Silene;Silene oregana
|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 oregana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 171, 175, 204, 212
|treatment_page=page 196
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; taproot stout; caudex simple or sparsely branched, woody. <b>Stems</b> usually simple proximal to inflorescence, 30–50(–70) cm, puberulent and shortly stipitate-glandular, especially distally. <b>Leaves</b> 2 per node, gradually reduced distally; basal petiolate, blade oblanceolate, spatulate, 5–9 cm × 7–15 mm (including petiole), apex acute to obtuse, usually glabrous adaxially, sparsely pubescent abaxially; cauline in 4–6 pairs, blade linear-lanceolate, 1–6(–8) cm × 2–6 mm, puberulent and shortly stipitate-glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> thyrsate, 3–25-flowered, open, bracteate, pedunculate, stipitate-glandular, viscid; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 2–25 mm, apex acuminate. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx prominently 10-veined, narrowly campanulate, umbilicate, somewhat clavate and constricted below middle around carpophore, 9–15 × 3–4 mm in flower, broadening to 7 mm in fruit, membranous, shortly stipitate-glandular, veins parallel, slender, tinged dark red, with pale commissures, lobes ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 2–3 mm, margins scarious; corolla creamy white, sometimes pink tinged, clawed, claw equaling calyx, glabrous, broadening only slightly into limb 3–8 mm, limb with 4–6 linear lobes, some splitting to 10 linear segments, appendages 4–6, linear, 1–1.5 mm, apex acute; stamens ca. equaling petals; filaments glabrous; stigmas 3(–5), ca. equaling petals. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, slightly longer than calyx, opening by 6 (or 8 or 10) very brittle teeth; carpophore 2–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> brown, ± reniform, angular, glossy, shallowly tuberculate. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Dry, grassy slopes, rocky areas, open woodlands and forests
|elevation=1500-2800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>The creamy white laciniate petals are the best field (and herbarium) guide to distinguishing this species from <i>Silene parryi</i> and <i>S. scouleri</i>, both of which have 2–4-lobed petals that are usually dingy cream to greenish or purple tinged.</p>
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name=Silene oregana
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Silene filisecta;Silene gormanii;Silene oregana var. filisecta
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Dry, grassy slopes, rocky areas, open woodlands and forests
|elevation=1500-2800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1875
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_398.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Silene
|species=Silene oregana
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