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Silene pendula (Drooping Catchfly) |
Silene pendula (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 pendulaL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 418 (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) : | 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. |
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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 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):
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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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