Silene douglasii Hook. var. rupinae S.R. Kephart & K.B. Sturgeon
Annotated by Ben Legler, Jun 2014.

Washington: Chelan County: At end of trail on east side of Wenatchee River in Tumwater Canyon ca 1.6 km north of trailhead and bridge over river. Elev. 423 m.
47.60124° N, 120.716556° W
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 19 meters. Coordinate Source: Digital Map.
Steep, east-facing rock outcrop above river; with small ledges and scattered shrubs. Petals white, limb bilobed, appendages narrowly ovate, entire; calyx uniformly green, viscid-glandular; stems glabrous and shining below inflorescence, maroon-tinged on sterile shoots; leaves linear to very narrowly oblong, spreading; plants forming loose patches from long-creeping stems and long slender rhizomes, in duff-covered, fine scree beneath conifers. Photographed. Phenology: Flowers.

Ben Legler 13030, Jun 15, 2014
WTU, Accession: 428672, Barcode: WTU-V-084088