Silene rupestris, L.

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 : 172

92. S. rupestris L. , Sp. Pl. 421 (1753) .

Stems up to 25 cm, erect, branched below. Basal leaves oblanceolate; cauline numerous, lanceolate, acute. Inflorescence a diffuse compound dichasium with small flowers on long slender pedicels. Calyx 4-6 mm, glabrous, obconical, 10-veined, without lateral veins. Petal-limb obovate, deeply emarginate, white or pink; coronal scales acute. Capsule c. 5 mm, oblong-ovoid; carpophore c. 1m m, glabrous. 2« = 24. ® Fennoscandia; mountains o f W. & C. Europe, southwards to the Pyrenees and Sardegna; one isolated station in the E. Carpathians. Au Co Fe G a Ge He Hs It No Rm Rs (N, C) Sa Su.

Doubtfully recorded outside Europe at one station in W.

Siberia.