Species name :

Silene pendulaL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 418 (1753)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

No Main Synonyms

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Caryophyllaceae Juss. (The Pink or Carnation Family)
39 species from the Caryophyllaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Drooping Catchfly

Maltese name(s) :

Maltese name not known

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 :

Mar-Jun

Colour of Flowers:

Pink

Remarks :

This species was recorded from Malta and reported in old literature but has not been seen anymore in the wild for the last couple of decades. If you think that you have seen this species in the wild from Malta, please email here and provide all details possible and ideally images.

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 15-40 cm, procumbent-ascending, branched, pubescent. Cauline leaves 2-5 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Inflorescence very lax, of raceme-like monochasial cymes. Pedicels usually erect in flower, patent or deflexed in fruit. Calyx 13-18 mm, obovoid in fruit, contracted at mouth, very inflated and loose, with wide hyaline bands between the prominent, narrow veins; teeth short, ovate or triangular, obtuse. Petal-limb 7-10 mm, pink, rarely white. Capsule 9-12 mm, ovoid-conical; carpophore 3-6 mm. Seeds 1.3-1.4 mm, subglobose, blackish, faces convex or plano-convex, with concentric rings of small tubercles; back convex or plano-convex, with 7 or 8 rows of tubercles.

Chromosome number:

2n=24

Distributional range:

Italy cultivated for ornament, and a frequent casual elsewhere

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Introduced in  Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics)

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

? -Cr -Cy Eg Gr It dSi(M S) dTu(A) [Co Es Ga(F) cHs Hs(S) Ju Lu Sa Uk]

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