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Silene fraudatrix

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Silene fraudatrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. fraudatrix
Binomial name
Silene fraudatrix

Silene fraudatrix is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae of restricted distribution known by the common name Alevkaya Sinekkapani. It is endemic to Northern Cyprus, where it is known only from Alevkaya where it is common to Tatlisu.

Description

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Slender annual, often branched below with stems to 15 cm long, erect or spreading; flowers few, 1.5 cm across, single or paired in a very loose branched spray; petals rose pink to whitish, notched at the tip and with 2-lobed coronal scales at the throat. More branched forms with white flowers are found later in the season. Flowers from March to May.[1]

Habitat

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On rocky mountain slopes under pine and cypress.

References

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  1. ^ An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994, ISBN 3-87429-364-5