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Silene latifolia - Male flower close-up - Click to enlarge!

Male flower close-up; Santa Marta das Cortiças, Braga, Portugal; 1/2007 © Jörn Germer

Silene latifolia - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Santa Marta das Cortiças, Braga, Portugal; 1/2007 © Jörn Germer

Silene latifolia - Upper and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower side of leaf; Santa Marta das Cortiças, Braga, Portugal; 1/2007 © Jörn Germer

Silene latifolia - Twig - Click to enlarge!

Twig; Santa Marta das Cortiças, Braga, Portugal; 1/2007 © Jörn Germer

Silene latifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Santa Marta das Cortiças, Braga, Portugal; 1/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 484
Date of entry: 05.01.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: White Campion

German: Weiße Lichtnelke

Mandarin: 叉枝蝇子草 (cha zhi ying zi cao)

Portuguese: Assobios

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Caryophyllaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Silene (14)

            Epithet: latifolia Poir. (9)

Synonym: Lychnis divaricata Rchb.

divaricata => straggly, sprawling, or spreading

latifolia => with broad leaves

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

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