Biology:Silene rubella

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Silene rubella
S. rubella - 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. rubella
Binomial name
Silene rubella
L.
Synonyms
  • Oncerum rubellum (L.) Dulac
  • Asso Poir.
  • Ramond ex DC. Silene undulata
  • Silene erigens Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Silene babylonica Willd. ex Rohrb.
  • Silene glutinosa Silene armeria
  • Boiss. & Noë Dufour ex Cambess.
  • Silene inaperta Silene crispa
  • DC. Silene pseudolinum

Silene rubella is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. In Italy the species goes by the common name silene rosseggiante.[1]

The plant live along dry-farmed fields. The flowers have red petals and the calyx is also reddish.[2]

The species is native to Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain , Tunisia, and in countries that used to made up Yugoslavia. It is also native to Western Sahara.[3] In Egypt among winter weeds this species is rare.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q12217890 entry