Silene uniflora Roth

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Name scientific

Silene uniflora Roth (1794)

Preferred name

Silene uniflora Roth

Taxonomy reference

Runyeon, H.; Prentice, H.C. 1997: Genetic differentiation in the Bladder campions, Silene vulgaris and S. uniflora (Caryophyllaceae), in Sweden. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 559–584.

Linked name

Silene uniflora

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Roth

Authors

Roth

Year published

1794

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Silene uniflora Roth

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Silene uniflora

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Silene

Species

uniflora

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Sea campion

Synonyms

Descriptions

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Description

Stems glabrous, 10-30 cm tall; some shoots leafy during winter. Lvs glabrous, often with scabrid margin, mostly oblanceolate to lanceolate, 1.5-3 × 0.5-1 cm. Infl. 1-(3)-flowered; bracts green. Calyx wide at mouth. Capsule wide-mouthed; teeth recurved.