Caryophyllaceae

Silene confertiflora

Silene L. Silene confertiflora CHOWDH. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: ? Minimum yükseklik: 750 Maksimum yükseklik: 1800 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: G. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Suriye Çölü Bulunduğu kareler: C6

S. confertiflora Chowdh. in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 22: 264 (1957). Erect perennials, 60-130 cm, puberulent on stems and leaves. Basal leaves unknown. Cauline leaves elliptic or narrowly obovate, petiolate, acute, often with small sterile shoots in the axils. Inflorescence racemose or narrowly paniculate, the branches often compact and forming pseudo-verticels. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx glabrous or with very short hairs on the nerves, 5-7 mm. Petals pink, entire. Anthophore 1.2 mm. Capsule c. 10 mm, rupturing the calyx. Fl. 8. Alt. 750-1800 m. Type: [Syria] Phurunluq nr. Massiab, 450 m, in forest of Platanus, Alnus & Quercus, 9 ix 1952, Mooney 4580 (holo. K!). C6 Hatay: Amanus, Kusliji Da., 750-1500 m, Haradj. 2471! Syrian Desert. Placed by Chowdhuri in a monotypic Section Holopetalae, but very similar in general appearance to S. otites. A late-collected specimen, B7 Ela-ziğ: Maaden, 1300 m, D. 28883, may belong here.