Caryophyllaceae |
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Silene viscosa (L.) PERS. |
Silene L. |
S. viscosa (L.) Pers., Synops. PL 1: 497 (1805). Syn: Cucubalus viscosus L., Sp. PI. 414 (1753). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 6: t. 5099 (1844). Figure 4, p. 187. Robust perennial herb, 40-100 cm, glandular-hirsute. Leaves lanceolate, 1-nerved, sessile, sometimes cordate at the base, margins frequently undulate. Inflorescence a long narrow panicle, the main axis 15-30 cm, the branches short, occasionally 1-flowered. Calyx 17-23 mm, glandular-hairy. Petals (20-)25-35 mm, the claws considerably exserted from the calyx, the limb deeply bilobed into obovate segments. Anthophore 4-5 mm. Capsule c. 15 mm, sometimes bursting out of the calyx. Fl 8. Described from S. Europe and the Orient (Hb. Linn. 582/7!). A7 Giresun: Kulakkaya, 900 m, Markgraf 10694! Trabzon: Hamsiköy, 19 vi 1917, Schischkin! A9 Kars: nr. Sarikamiş (Grossheim 3: map 294). BIO Ağri; Takjaltu to Sardar Bulakh (Ağri Da.), Post 1910: 2060! C9 Van: pass between Hoşap and Başkale, 2080-2150 m, Hub.-Mor. 10728! Most of Europe, Caucasia, Syrian Desert, Iran, Siberia, India. |