SILENE INTEGRIPETALA subsp. GREUTERI
Family and Genus:- See- CARYOPHYLLACEAE/Sect. ATOCION
Common Names:- None
Homotypic Synonyms:- Silene greuteri.
Meaning:- Silene (Gr) A name used by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus for
catchfly.
Integripetala (L) With entire petals.
Greuteri (L) Possibly for Professor Dr. Werner Rodolfo Greuter, a
prominent botanist.
General description:- Erect annual.
Stems:-
1) 4-10 cm, usually branched from the base, glandular-pubescent with rather thick,
patent or ascending hairs.
Leaves:-
1) Basal, broadly spathulate the upper narrowly elliptical.
Flowers:-
1) Inflorescence, lax, few-flowered; flowers often solitary, dichotomously branched.
2) Pedicels, 1/2-3 times as long as the calyx.
3) Calyx, 13-17 mm, narrowly cavate in fruit, reddish, shortly glandular-pubescent.
4) Calyx-teeth, ovate, obtuse.
5) Petal-limb, 4-6 mm. emarginate. pink.
Fruit:-
1) Capsule, 7-8 mm; carpophore 7-8 mm, slender, glabrous.
2) Seeds, 0·6-0·75 mm, reniform; faces slightly concave, striate; back not wide,
shallowly grooved.
Key features:-
1) Carpophore, 7-8 mm.
2) Inflorescence, ± lax.
3) Petal-limb, 4-6 mm.
Habitat:- Rock ledges, screes, streambanks, sometimes gregarious on gravelly
road embankments. 0-1100 m.
Distribution:- Distributed around the central and eastern Mediterranean coasts,
extending to easternmost Spain, and is particularly common in the Aegean region.
Restricted distribution on Crete confined mainly to two coastal regions.
Flowering time:- Mar to early June.
Photos by:- Christopher Cheiladakis and Wendy Copage
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