Silene noctiflora, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 174

104. S. noctiflora L. , Sp. Pl. 419 (1753)

( Metandrium noctiflorum (L.) Fries ).

Annual; stems up to 40 cm, erect, simple or with few basal branches, densely hairy below, viscid with abundant glandular hairs above. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate; cauline sessile. Inflorescence few-flowered; flowers large, hermaphrodite. Calyx 20-30 mm, 10-veined; teeth long, slender. Petal-limb pink above, yellowish beneath, inrolled during day, opening (and scented) in evening; styles 3. Capsule ovoidconical, more or less enclosed by calyx, dehiscing with 6 teeth. 2w = 24. A weed o f cultivated ground, widespread in Europe, but absent from (or only casual in) much o f the north and many islands. Au Be Br Bu Cr Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Tu [Da Hb Is No Su].