Silene nutans, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 164

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Silene nutans
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15. S. nutans L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 417 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Stems 20-60 cm, usually unbranched, and obviously pubescent below, rarely glabrous. Lower leaves up to 10 cm, oblong-spathulate; upper linearlanceolate. Flowers usually inclined, in a lax secund panicle. Calyx 9-12 mm, glandular-pubescent, truncate at base; teeth lanceolate, acute. Petals variable in colour, usually whitish above, greenish or reddish beneath, deeply bifid with narrow inrolled lobes; coronal scales lanceolate, acute. Capsule 7- 11 (—14) mm, 3-5 times as long as pubescent carpophore. Throughout Europe except the extreme north and most of the islands. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su.

Extremely variable in habit, hairiness, leaf-shape, colour and size of flower, and size of capsule.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Silene

Loc

Silene nutans

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

S. nutans

L. 1753: 417
1753
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