Family: Caryophyllaceae
Silene conica
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 418 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Striated catchfly.
Description:
Whole plant pubescent, greyish, annual, c. 25 cm high; leaves linear-lanceolate, c. 3 cm long, c. 2.5 mm wide.
Flowers erect, in forked cymes; bracts herbaceous; fruiting calyx swollen, conical, 30-nerved, umbilicate, c. 15 mm long, with subulate teeth c. 5 mm long; petals pink, notched; styles 3.
Capsule ovoid-conical, sessile, dehiscing by 6 teeth.
Published illustration:
Ross-Craig (1951) Drawings Brit. Pl. 5:t. 8.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SL, SE. Vic. New Zealand; native to Eurasia.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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