Silene dichotoma Ehrh. - Forked Campion
Scientific Description:
Annual or rarely biennial or perennial. Stems ascending to erect, hirsute to puberulent, 15−80 cm. Petals white; leaves broader than 8 mm. 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.
subsp. dichotoma
Calyx 10−15 mm, usually densely setose.
Flowering time: April−July.
Habitat: Slopes, steppe, s.l. −2100 m.
subsp. racemosa (Otth) Graebn. &P.Graebn.
Calyx 7−9 mm, usually sparsely setose.
Flowering time: April−July.
Habitat: Slopes, steppe, s.l. −2100 m.
Reference:
Coode MJE & Cullen J (1967). Silene dichotoma Ehrh, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 234.
Public Description:
Silene dichotoma subsp. dichotoma, common name “forked catchfly” or “forked campion”, which is distributed in Türkiye, Cyprus, Palestine, Caucasica, North Iran, Africa, and most areas of Europe. It is a herbaceous annual, biennial or perennial plant with white flowers, and can grow up to 80 cm in length. It blooms in April and July, and is found in steppe and slopes.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_dichotoma/, Accessed date: 04.01.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=1705, Accessed date: 04.01.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/silene/dichotoma/, Accessed date: 04.01.2016.
Yıldız K (2012). Silene L. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 354–364.