Silene gallica L.
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Silene gallica L.
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Silene gallica
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Silene gallica L.
Taprooted annual. Stems simple or branching, (3)-15-45 cm tall; hairs long and eglandular below becoming mixed with sparse to dense short eglandular hairs above. Lvs hispid, with shorter hairs on margins, green, oblong to oblanceolate, subacute to obtuse; lower lvs cuneately tapered to petiole, 20-60 × 5-15 mm; upper lvs sessile, becoming lanceolate, acute, smaller. Infl. usually a single (1)-5-15-flowered spike-like monochasium, rarely of paired monochasia and then without a fl. in the axil between them, elongating at fruiting; pedicels 2-10 mm long; bracts linear, acute, green. Fls ☿. Calyx with dense short glandular hairs and sparse long eglandular hairs, cylindric at flowering, ovoid at fruiting, 10-veined, 7-10 mm long; teeth linear, erect. Petals white, pink or red or red-spotted, entire or emarginate; claw not lobed; coronal scales oblong, subacute, 1.5 mm long. Styles 3, erect, 2 mm long. Capsule ovoid, c. = calyx, 7-10 mm long, dehiscing by 6 curved teeth; carpophore c. 0.5 mm long. Seeds dark brown, reniform with hollow faces and flat backs, ridged, c. 0.8 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Silene anglica L.
Silene gallica L.
Silene anglica var. gallica
Silene gallica L.
Silene anglica var. quinquevulnera
Silene gallica L.
Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Silene gallica L.
Silene gallica var. silvestris (Schott) Asch.
Silene gallica L.
Silene quniquevulnera L.
Silene gallica L.
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1 January 2000
18 June 2010