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Silene ciliata graefferi (Silene ciliata graefferi)

Description

Grass perennial,densely tufted,forming dense and hard pads.Stems erect-ascending,sometimes geniculate at knots.Leaves linear or oblaceoladas.Flowers grouped in monocasios;calyx up to 15 mm,ovoids,more or less hairs;petals with limbo of up to 5 mm,bifid,yellowish or reddish.Fruit in pedunculated capsule,ovoidea,that opens by 6 teeth,up to 9 x 6 mm.It blooms in late spring and summer.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Caryophyllaceae

              • Genus: Silene