Silene latifolia Poir. subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet White Campion

Silene latifolia Poir. subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet - White Campion

Scientific Description:

Dioecious annual, biennial or perennial. Stems erect, 30−85 cm, retrorsely pubescent, slightly glandular and viscid above. Leaves oblanceolate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile, all with indumentum like that on the stem. Inflorescence a lax, compound dichasium. Flowers unisexual. Calyx of male flowers 9−16 mm, that of female flowers 18−23 mm, enlarging in fruit, 20-nerved, hairy. Petals white, limb deeply bipartite. Styles 5. Anthophore 2−2.5 mm. Capsule ovoid, included within the calyx, opening by 10 teeth.

Flowering time: June−August.

Habitat: Steppe, slopes, scrub, 500−3500 m.

Reference:

Coode MJE & Cullen J (1967). Silene alba (Miller) Krause, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 225−226.

Public Description:

Silene latifolia, known as “white campion”, spreads in most parts of Europe, including Britain, in North Africa and West Asia. It is a herbaceous biennial or perennial plant, and can grow up to 85 cm in length. It blooms in June and August and is found in steppes, slopes and bushes.

References:

Anonymous (2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_latifolia/, Accessed date: 30.12.2015.

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.