Silene antirrhina

  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Common Name: sleepy silene
  • Symbol: SIAN2
  • Description: Plants annual; taproot slender.Leaves 2 per node; blade with margins ciliate toward base, apex acute to obtuse; basal blades oblanceolate, spatulate; cauline narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 1-9 cm - 2-15 mm, rarely glabrous on both surfaces. Inflorescences cymose, open. Mature calyx prominently 10-veined, campanulate to ovate, 5-9 - 3-5 mm, margins dentate, glabrous, veins parallel. Dry, sandy or gravelly places, roadsides, fields, waste places, open woods; 0-2300 m.

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