General Information |
Distribution | Native to Eurasia, widely naturalized.
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Habit
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Biennial herbs (3-)10-50 cm tall; stems usually solitary, occasionally several, branched in the upper part.
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Leaves
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Rosette leaves obovate to elliptic, 1-5 cm long, 0.8-2 cm wide, 3-7-nerved, apex usually obtuse; cauline leaves much smaller, oblong-elliptic or occasionally elliptic, 0.8-2(-3) cm long, 0.2-0.8(-1.2) cm wide, 3-nerved, apex usually acute.
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Flowers
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Flowers numerous in corymbose cymes, bracts linear to linear-lanceolate; calyx 3-4 mm long; corolla pink, rarely white, the tube 6-8 mm long, the lobes 3-4 mm long.
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Fruit
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Capsules cylindrical, ca. 7-8 mm long.
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Seeds
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Seeds numerous, pale brown, ca. 0.2 mm long.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 14-20, 40, 42
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Notes
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Record for subspecies has not been added; subspecies need to be dealt with.
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