Silene longipetala
Silene longipetala
Ballı süpürge
Erect perennial or sometimes biennial with short retrorse indumentum below, glabrescent above, often with viscid patches in the inflorescence. Basal leaves obovate or oblanceolate, acute, grey-green. Inflorescence paniculate with wideangled, symmetrical branches in pairs, bearing lax, few-flowered cymules. Calyx 8-11 mm, slightly inflated and with a constriction below the apex in fruit, glabrous. Petals whitish, deeply bifid. Anthophore 2,5-4 mm. Capsule included in the calyx. Fl. 4-6. Open or rocky places, fields, 500-2600 m.
Greece, W. Syria, Cyprus, N. Iraq, Syrian Desert, N. Iran, Cyrenaiea, Egypt.
In Turkey, almost confined to the Ir.-Tur. region.
