Biology:Silene dichotoma

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Silene dichotoma
Silene dichotoma sl30.jpg
Silene dichotoma
Silene dichotoma sl13.jpg
Flowers, showing hairs on calyx
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. dichotoma
Binomial name
Silene dichotoma
Ehrh.

Silene dichotoma is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name forked catchfly.[1][2] It is native to Eurasia and it is known in other parts of the temperate world, such as sections of North America, where it is a weed that grows in disturbed habitat. It is an annual herb growing up to 80 centimeters tall. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 8 centimeters long on the lower stem and are smaller farther up. Each flower is encapsulated in an inflated calyx of sepals lined with ten veins. It is open at the tip, revealing five white to red petals, each with two lobes at the tip and sometimes taking a curled form.

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Wikidata ☰ Q3738804 entry