Silene compacta
Silene compacta
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Biennial or short-lived perennial, completely glabrous. Stems erect, up to 120 cm. Lower leaves forming a rosette, lanceolate-spathulate, rarely lanceolate or oblanceolate. Cauline leaves numerous, usually ovate, obtuse, rarely oblong ovate or oblong; amplexicaul. Flowers in heads, the upper cauline leaves involucrate. Calyx 1.6-2.0mm, glabrous, somewhat constricted below the capsule in fruit. Petals bright pink, limb entire or rarely emarginate. Anthophore 8-12 mm, glabrous. Capsule oblong, ± included in the calyx. Fl. 5-8. Slopes, banks, open forests, s.I.-2100 m.
Greece, Bulgaria, S. Russia, Caucasia, N. Iraq, N.W. Iran.
