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Silene flos-cuculi - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Silene flos-cuculi - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Silene flos-cuculi - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Silene flos-cuculi - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Silene flos-cuculi - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1923
Date of entry: 09.05.2012
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

English: Ragged Robin

German: Kuckucks-Lichtnelke

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Caryophyllaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Silene (14)

            Epithet: flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet (1)

flos-cuculi => flower of cuckoo (blossom early when the cuckoo sings)

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

External links

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