Silene antri-jovis
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Silene antri-jovis is a plant from the genus of Silene ( Silene ) in the family of Caryophyllaceae (Caryophyllaceae). It got its scientific name "antri-jovis" (Latin: antrum jovis = cave of Zeus) from the Idean grotto , at the entrance of which it occurs.
features
Silene antri-jovis is a perennial subshrub that reaches heights of 4 to 12 centimeters. The plant is densely grassed and forms many thin flowering shoots. The stem is ruffy.
The inflorescence is usually single-flowered, rarely two-flowered. The cup is (9) 10.5 to 13 millimeters in size. The petal plate is 1/3 (to 1/2) in two columns. The nail barely sticks out. The fruit is a 6 to 10 millimeter capsule. The carpophor is bald and 5 to 6 millimeters long.
The flowering period extends from June to July.
Occurrence
Silene antri-jovis is on Crete in the regional districts of Rethymno , Iraklio and Lasithi endemic . The plant usually grows on limestone cliffs, rocky slopes and in sinkholes at altitudes of 750 to 2200 meters.
literature
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 87 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Kull, Stergos Diamantoglou (collaborator): Kreta (= collection of geological guides. Volume 107). Gebr. Borntraeger, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-443-15095-2 , p. 174.