Biology:Silene laevigata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Silene laevigata | |
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| Silene laevigata flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. laevigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Silene laevigata | |
Silene laevigata, the Troödos catchfly, is glaucous, erect or decumbent annual plant. It grows 6–27 cm (2.4–10.6 in) high with glabrous stems and small leaves. It has pink flowers, and the petals bifid 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) long. It flowers in March–June.[1][2]
Habitat
Pine forest, roadsides and garrigue on dry igneous mountainsides at 650–1,950 m (2,130–6,400 ft) altitude.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus, locally common on the Troödos range.
References
- Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1977, ISBN:0950487643
External links
- "Flower Gallery :: Caryophyllaceae :: 722_40". stridvall.se. http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Caryophyllaceae_1/722_40. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
- "Silene laevigata Sm. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2488706. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
Wikidata ☰ Q17237677 entry
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