Silene bellidifolia

Silene bellidifolia
	Illustration by Silene bellidifolia
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)
Subfamily :	Caryophylloideae
Tribe :	Sileneae
Genre :	Glue herbs ( Silene )
Type :	Silene bellidifolia
Scientific name
	Silene bellidifolia
	Yuss. ex Jacq.

Silene bellidifolia is a type of plant from the genus of the ciliate herbs within the carnation family .

features

The stems are 30 to 60 centimeters long and hairy protruding bristly. The flowers are almost sessile. The cups are 14 to 17 millimeters long and softly hairy when pressed. At the fruit time they are club-shaped. The petals are pink and have two columns. The capsule fruit is 9 to 11 millimeters in size and has a 4 to 5 millimeter long fruit carrier.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.

Occurrence

Silene bellidifolia occurs in the Mediterranean area from Morocco and Portugal to Greece and Turkey.

literature

Peter Schönfelder and Ingrid Schönfelder: What is in bloom in the Mediterranean? Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-440-05790-9 .

Individual evidence

↑ Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas florae europaeae. Volume 7 (Caryophyllaceae (Silenoideae)). Page 115, Helsinki 1986. ISBN 951-9108-06-8
^ Silene in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved September 8, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Silene bellidifolia - collection of images, videos and audio files

[Jalas-Suominen-1] Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas florae europaeae. Volume 7 (Caryophyllaceae (Silenoideae)). Page 115, Helsinki 1986. ISBN 951-9108-06-8

[GRIN-2] Silene in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved September 8, 2017.