Silene dichotoma
Silene dichotoma
Subsp dichotoma: Çatal nakıl; Subsp racemosa: Salkım nakıl
Annual or rarely biennial or perennial. Stems ascending to erect, hirsute to puberulent, 15-80cm. Lower leaves variable in shape, ± petiolate; cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate. Inflorescence a dichasium below, passing into monochasia above; flowers sessile to subsessile, at least the alar, usually all, ± horizontal. Calyx 7-15 mm with 10 prominent, slightly winged nerves which are hirsute with multicellular hairs. Petals white or pink, limb deeply bipartite. Anthophore 1,5-2 mm, glabrous. Capsule ovoid-oblong, included in the calyx. A very variable species.
1. Petals usually pink, leaves less than 8mm broad ..............................subsp. euxina
1. Petals white, leaves broader than 8mm
2. Calyx 7-9 mm, usually sparsely setose ..........................................................subsp. sibthorpiana
2. Calyx 10-15mm, usually densely setose ..........................................................subsp. dichotoma
Distribution of the species: Most of Europe, N.W. Africa, Palestine, Cyprus, Caucasia, N. Iran.
