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Silene coeli-rosa (Rose Catchfly) |
Silene coeli-rosa (CARYOPHYLLACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Silene coeli-rosa(L.) Godron
Published in Godron in Gren. & Godron, op. cit. 221 (1847) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Caryophyllaceae
Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Rose Catchfly | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Introduced plants cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but sometimes can be occassionaly found as an escapee close to the site of their original cultivation | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-May | Colour of Flowers: | Pink |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Ornamental plant which is not known to have become naturalised in Malta |
Botanical Description: |
Whole plant glabrous. Stems 20-50 cm. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Calyx 15-28 mm, subclavate and contracted at mouth in fruit, deeply sulcate between veins, with transverse undulations on each side of grooves; tube 2-3 times as long as the linear, acuminate or acute, usually patent teeth; petal-limb 1-2 cm, pink. Capsule (7-)10-17 mm; carpophore (5-)7-12 mm, glabrous. |
Distributional range: |
W. & C. Mediterranean region |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Corse, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Introduced in Hungary |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? Ag dCa(T) Co dGa(F) Hs(S) It Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Tn [Al Ju Li LS] |
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