| Dicotyledon | Literature for Silene gallica
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Caryophyllaceae -- The Pink Family | Bibliography |
| Silene gallica | |
Common name(s): campion, catchfly, small-flowered catchfly |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Europe, widely naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Annual or biennial herbs 2-5 dm tall; stems erect or rarely decumbent, unbranched to many-branched, hirsute to hispid. |
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| Leaves |
Basal leaves deciduous, oblanceolate to spatulate, 10-55 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, upper leaves reduced, lanceolate, usually 1-4 cm long, 0.2-1 cm wide, hirsute to hispid, all leaves sessile. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers in 1-sided racemose cymes, glandular pubescent throughout, pedicels 1-2 mm long; calyx 5-toothed, 7-10 mm long, 10-nerved, hirsute and short-hispid, the lobes long-attenuate; petals white to pinkish, blades 2-3 mm long, apex sometimes slightly notched; carpophore ca. 1 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules ovoid, 3-celled in the lower part, 7-9 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds dark purplish brown, reniform, papillose, the faces depressed. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 24 |
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