Silene konuralpii
Silene konuralpii
Giwîşek
Perennial, soft , erect, flowering stem 18–35 cm long, below sparsely pilose-pubescent, upper densely tomentose, velutinous-pubescent. Steril shoots densely, shoots elongate in their axils, 8–14 cm long, very branched, bearing fascicles of narrow oblanceolate to linear leaves, each with blade 20–25 × 0.5–1.5 mm and setaceous leaves 5‒15 mm long, not fleshy, acuminate apex, dichotomous branching repeat 2–3 times more after the upper half of the stem; all leaves sessile, slightly dark green, 2–5 times opposite stem leaves, internodes 2.5–8.0 cm long. Stem leaves , lanceolate, cordate, acuminate to obtuse apex, velutinous to villose-pubescent, with margins serrate. Inflorescence complex, with 1–3-flowered panicles, each panicle 3–27-flowered with, clusters 3–9-flowered, hermaphrodite, branching repeat 1‒3 times; pedicels 0.5–1.0 mm long, bracts purple , ovate to cordate, acute to obtuse apex, with a main vein, simple hairy, with scarious margins. Calyx 5.0–7.5 mm long, velutinous, sometimes pilose, villose to whitish wolly pubescent in young flowers, these covers continue in the young fruit in some flowers; hairness reduced when the fruit starts ripening, mostly burgundy-purple-colored, calyx teeth obtuse apex, margins hyaline and tufted. Petals 5, 7–8 mm long, glabrous, exserted from calyx, pinkish, bordoms to purple-coloured, three main veins, petal limbs bipartite 1/3–1/2 into two lobes, lobes about 2 mm long, coronal scales and auricules absent, claws 5–6 mm long. Stamens 9, filaments 7–9 mm long, creamy-brown, glabrous, style 3, 2.5–3.5 mm long, ovary about 3 mm long, glabrous. Anthophore 1.0–1.5 mm long, glabrous. Capsule ovoid, 6.5–7.5 × 3–4 mm, exserted from the calyx. Seed reniform, brawn, 1.2–1.9 × 0.9–1.1 mm, hylar zone recessed, obtuse tuberculate, surface flat to concave, granulation course, back flat, suture outline dentate to sinuous.
Endemic.
