Silene antirrhina : sleepy silene

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Silene antirrhina

sleepy silene

Species Record #: gw1037690

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Botanical Information:

Genus: Silene
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Author: L.
Synonyms: Silene antirrhina var. confinis; Silene antirrhina var. depauperata; Silene antirrhina var. divaricata; Silene antirrhina var. laevigata; Silene antirrhina var. subglaber; Silene antirrhina var. vaccarifolia

What do these terms mean?

Remarks:
An odd little native annual. Not at all showy (flowers often have no petals), but the seedpods look like tiny little urns or something. Kind of neat, but it's something you have to be really close to to appreciate. Stems have dark sticky patches on them.

by GeoffB

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