Silene laevigata

Silene laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. laevigata
Binomial name
Silene laevigata Sm.

Silene laevigata, the Troödos catchfly is glaucous, erect or decumbent annual 6–27 cm high with glabrous stems and leaves, small. Pink flowers, petals bifid 9–10 mm long, flowers in March–June.^[1][2]

Habitat

Pine forest, roadsides and garrigue on dry igneous mountainsides at 650–1950 m altitude.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus, locally common on the Troödos range.

References

1. Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X
2. Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4

• Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1977, ISBN 0950487643

External links

• "Flower Gallery :: Caryophyllaceae :: 722_40". stridvall.se. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
• "Silene laevigata Sm. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-09-05.