Silene fraudatrix
| Silene fraudatrix | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. fraudatrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Silene fraudatrix | |
Silene fraudatrix is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.[1][2] It is sometimes referred to by the common name Alevkaya Sinekkapani. It has a restricted distribution and is endemic to Northern Cyprus, where it is known only from Alevkaya where it is common to Tatlisu.
Description
Slender annual, often branched below with stems to 15 cm long, erect or spreading; flowers few, 1.5 cm across, single or paired in a very loose branched spray; petals rose pink to whitish, notched at the tip and with 2-lobed coronal scales at the throat. More branched forms with white flowers are found later in the season. Flowers from March to May.[3]
Habitat
On rocky mountain slopes under pine and cypress.
References
- ^ "Silene fraudatrix Meikle". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
- ^ "Silene fraudatrix Meikle". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
- ^ An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994, ISBN 3-87429-364-5
- Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985, ISBN 0-9504876-4-3