Silene pendula, L.

137. S. pendula L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 418 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Stems 15-40 cm, procumbent-ascending, branched, pubescent. Cauline leaves 2- 5 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Inflorescence very lax, of raceme-like monochasial cymes. Pedicels usually erect in flower, patent or deflexed in fruit. Calyx 13-18 mm, obovoid in fruit, contracted at mouth, very inflated and loose, with wide hyaline bands between the prominent narrow veins; teeth short, ovate- or triangular-obtuse. Petal-limb 7-10 mm, pink, rarely white. Capsule 9-12 mm, ovoid-conical; carpophore 3-6 mm. Seeds 1 -3-1-4 mm, subglobose, blackish, faces convex or plano-convex with concentric rings of small tubercles; back convex or plano-convex, with 7-8 rows of tubercles. S. part of Mediterranean region; widely introduced elsewhere and sometimes naturalized. Cr It Si [Au Cz Ju Rm Rs (C, W)].