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Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr.

Rose silene (en), Silène rose-du-ciel (fr), Eudianthe rose-du-ciel (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Silene

Characteristics

Taprooted annual. Stems 1-several, erect, glabrous, (15)-20-45 cm tall. Lvs glabrous or sparsely scabrid-ciliate on margin, green, linear to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, shortly connate in pairs, (20)-40-100 × (1)-2-5-(10) mm. Infl. a lax (1)-3-7-(15)-flowered irregular dichasium; pedicels (2.5)-4-6-(10) cm long; bracts leaflike. Fls ☿. Calyx glabrous, broadest in middle, contracted at mouth, veined on 10 thickened ridges, (15)-20-28 mm long; teeth linear-acuminate, erecto-patent. Petals pink or white to bluish (bluish when dry); limb shallowly emarginate; claw not lobed; coronal scales acute, dark, c. 2 mm long. Styles 5, erect, curved at apex, c. 10 mm long. Capsule narrow-ovoid, included in calyx, 15-20 mm long; teeth 5, 2-fid; carpophore 6-8 mm long. Seeds dark grey-brown, reniform, warty, 0.8 mm long.
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Annual, glabrous, usually richly branched, erect herb up to 50 cm, under dry conditions often low, single-stemmed, one-to few-flowered. Leaves linear-narrowly elliptic to linear in upper part. Flowers in lax dichasia, with few to several flowers; pedicels long, up to 10 cm, erect-patent to erect in upper part. Calyx 15-30 mm, clavate and contracted at mouth in fruit, deeply sulcate between veins, with transverse undulations on each side of the grooves. Petals pink, lamina 8-16 mm, obcordate or bifid to 1/3. Ovary ovoid with 5 styles. Capsule 7-15 mm; carpophore 7-12 mm, glabrous. Seeds 0.6-0.9 mm, reniform, tuberculate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Silene coeli-rosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Silene coeli-rosa world distribution map, present in New Zealand and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157107-1
WFO ID wfo-0000438662
COL ID 4XBWH
BDTFX ID 64041
INPN ID 123444
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lychnis coeli-rosa Pontinia coeli-rosa Silene coeli-rosa Agrostemma coeli-rosea Coronaria coeli-rosa Eudianthe coeli-rosa Eudianthe oculata Lychnidia coeli-rosa
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