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Silene nicaeensis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Amorosa, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2006 © Jörn Germer

Silene nicaeensis - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Amorosa, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2006 © Jörn Germer

Silene nicaeensis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Amorosa, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2006 © Jörn Germer

Silene nicaeensis - Leaf Arrangement - Click to enlarge!

Leaf Arrangement; Amorosa, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2006 © Jörn Germer

Silene nicaeensis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Amorosa, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 352
Date of entry: 29.05.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Sticky Catchfly

German: Nizza-Leimkraut

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Caryophyllaceae (39)(family description)

          Genus: Silene (15)

            Epithet: nicaeensis All. (2)

nicaeensis => from Nice in Southern France, or Iznik (formerly Nicaea) in Turkey

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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