Silene compacta, Fischer

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 174

102. S. compacta Fischer , Cat. Jard. Gorenk. ed. 2, 60 (1812).

Like 101 but stems stouter and leaves wider; upper cauline leaves closely investing base of subcapitate inflorescence; calyx 13- 20 mm; petals entire. S.E. Europe, from C. Greece to S. W. Ukraine. Bu G r Rm Rs (W) Tu. The plant from the Ukraine has been distinguished as S. hypanica Klokov , Jour. Bot. Acad. Sci. Ukr. 5: 20 (1948); it is said to differ mainly in the upper cauline leaves being herbaceous, not membranous, and in the brown, not black, seeds. It seems best regarded as a variant of 102.