Silene roemeri, Friv.

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 : 166

38. S. roemeri Friv. , Flora (Regensb.) 19: 439 (1836).

Densely puberulent perennial 20-50 cm. Basal leaves oblong-spathulate, acute, attenuate into a long, ciliate petiole; cauline linear. Inflorescence subcapitate in small specimens but often, in larger plants, more or less interrupted with rather dense verticillasters. Calyx 3-4 mm, subglabrous, teeth ovate. Petal-limb white, broadly spathulate, shallowly bifid, with oblong lobes. Capsule c. 5 mm, broadly ovoid, 2-3 times as long as carpophore. Seeds c. 1 mm, reniform, with plane face and grooved back. • Mountains o f Balkan peninsula and o f C. & S. Italy. Al Bu G r It Ju.

Apparently gynodioecious, with female and hermaphrodite plants, the latter with both male and hermaphrodite flowers.