Silene hookeri ssp. hookeri
Gerald D. Carr

Flora of Oregon

Flowers petal limbs pink or white.

Fruits stalks 2–5 mm.

2n=72.

Dry rocky or sandy slopes, oak or coniferous woodlands, grassy meadows. Flowering Apr–Jun. 50–1300 m. Casc, CR, Sisk, WV. CA. Native.

We follow Morton (2005) in not recognizing plants with glandular hairs (known in Oregon from Jackson County) as ssp. pulverulenta.

Flora of North America

as described under Silene hookeri ssp. hookeri

Plants completely eglandular or with glandular hairs on calyx and pedicels. Petals coral pink or white, limb with 4 unequal lobes or 2 lobes with lateral teeth, lobes lanceolate to broadly oblong, 5-10 mm, appendages 2, linear, 1.5-3.5 mm. 2n = 72.Flowering spring-early summer. Dry, sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, grassy areas, open woodlands, coniferous forests, serpentine areas; 100-1400 m; Calif., Oreg.Although subsp. hookeri normally is eglandular, plants with stipitate-glandular hairs intermixed with the eglandular pubescence occur in several localities. They have been named subsp. pulverulenta.

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