Silene laevigata

Silene laevigata
	Silene laevigata flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. laevigata
Binomial name
	Silene laevigata; Sm.

Silene laevigata, the Troödos catchfly, is glaucous, erect or decumbent annual 6–27 cm high with glabrous stems and leaves, small. Pink flowers, petals bifid 9–10 mm long, flowers in March–June.[1][2]

Habitat

Pine forest, roadsides and garrigue on dry igneous mountainsides at 650–1950 m altitude.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus, locally common on the Troödos range.

References

Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X
Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4

Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1977, ISBN 0950487643

External links

"Flower Gallery :: Caryophyllaceae :: 722_40". stridvall.se. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
"Silene laevigata Sm. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-09-05.

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[1] Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993, ISBN 9963-7931-0-X

[2] Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4