Silene variegata

Silene variegata
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)
Subfamily :	Caryophylloideae
Tribe :	Sileneae
Genre :	Glue herbs ( Silene )
Type :	Silene variegata
Scientific name
	Silene variegata
	( Desf. ) Boiss. & Hero.

Silene variegata is a plant from the genus of Silene ( Silene ) in the family of Caryophyllaceae (Caryophyllaceae).

features

Silene variegata is a persistent, creeping hemicryptophyte that reaches heights of 3 to 10 centimeters. The stalk rises from long, prostrate shoots. The stem leaves are blue or gray-green with lighter nerves and elliptical or obovate-lanceolate.

The chalice is 11 to 15 millimeters in size. The crown is greyish-purple. The fruit is an 8 to 11 millimeter capsule. The carpophor is 3 to 3.5 millimeters in size.

The flowering period extends from June to August.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.

Occurrence

Silene variegata is endemic to Crete . The plant usually grows on limestone scree slopes, more rarely also on limestone rocks, at altitudes of (1400) 1700 to 2400 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

↑ Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen (ed.): Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of Vascular Plants in Europe. 7. Caryophyllaceae (Silenoideae). Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, The Committee for Mapping the Flora of Europe & Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo, Helsinki 1986, ISBN 951-9108-06-8 , p. 63.

[Jalas_&_Suominen-1] Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen (ed.): Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of Vascular Plants in Europe. 7. Caryophyllaceae (Silenoideae). Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, The Committee for Mapping the Flora of Europe & Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo, Helsinki 1986, ISBN 951-9108-06-8 , p. 63.