Silene euxina
Silene euxina
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Syn: S.dichotoma ssp euxina
Annual or rarely biennial or perennial. Stems ascending to erect, hirsute to puberulent, 15-80 cm. 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.
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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
Euxine element.
