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Silene nocturna (Night-flowering Catchfly) |
Silene nocturna (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 nocturnaL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 416 (1753) | 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) : | Night-flowering Catchfly | Maltese name(s) : | Lsien l-għasfur ta' bil-lejl | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| 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 : | Feb-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Pink | Remarks : | The flowers of this species are found open only just before sunset. |
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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: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems 10-60 cm, erect, usually branched. Lower leaves obovate- to lanceolate-spathulate, obtuse, pubescent. Flowers 5-15 in raceme-like monochasial cymes, very densely crowded above, remote below (or flowers 1-5 in the cymes, mostly remote, var. brachypetala (Robill. & Cast.) vis.); inflorescence usually compound, sometimes with alar flowers. Calyx (6-)9-13 mm, oblong-obovoid in fruit, pubescent with ascending hairs; veins wide, green, anastomosing. Petal-limb usually pink, bifid, exserted (or emarginate and included, var. brachypetala). Capsule 8-11 mm, oblong or ovoid-oblong; carpophore 1-1.5 mm, puberulent. Seeds reniform; faces excavate-auriculate; back wide, with shallow, tuberculate groove. |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region, extending to Portugal and N. Spain |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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