Family: Caryophyllaceae
Silene pratensis
Citation:
Godron & Gren. in Gren. & Godron, Fl. Fr. 1:216 (1847).
Synonymy: Lychnis pratensis Rafn, Danm. Holst. Fl. 2:792 (1800); L. alba Miller, Gard. Dict. edn 8 (1768), nom. illegit.; S. alba (Miller)E.H. Krause in Sturm, Dtsch. Fl. edn 2, 5:989 (1901).
Common name: White campion, white cockle.
Description:
Perennial or annual, c. 80 cm high, often much-branched, covered with soft dense hair, somewhat glandular-hairy above; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile.
Flowers dioecious, in dichotomous cymes; calyx of male flowers 12-22 mm long, 10-nerved; calyx of female flowers c. 30 mm long, 20-nerved and swollen when the fruit is ripe; calyx teeth triangular; petals white, 2-fid; styles 5.
Capsules 10-15 mm long, ovoid, dehiscing by 10 teeth.
Published illustration:
Ross-Craig (1951) Drawings Brit. Pl. 5: t. 15.
Distribution:
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N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Dec. (1 record).
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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
Taxonomic notes:
This species may not be truly naturalised in S. Aust.
Author:
Not yet available
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