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Silene schafta - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Silene schafta - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1513
Date of entry: 08.01.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Autumn catchfly

German: Schafta-Leimkraut

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Caryophyllaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Silene (14)

            Epithet: schafta Gmel. ex Hohen. (1)

schafta => vernacular name for Silene schaftaa from the area around the Caspian Sea

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Silene schafta at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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