Silene chlorantha, (Willd.) Ehrh.

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 : 165

25. S. chlorantha (Willd.) Ehrh. , Beitr. Naturk. 7: 144 (1792).

Glabrous and usually glaucous; stems 30-80 cm. Basal leaves lanceolate-spathulate; cauline small, linear, much shorter than the slender internodes. Inflorescence typically narrow, subsecund; branches usually 1 - to 3-flowered; flowers inclined or horizontal. Calyx 9-12 mm, glaucous, not sulcate; teeth ovate, obtuse, with wide, ciliate, hyaline margin. Petals pale yellowgreen; lobes linear; claw exserted; coronal scales very small. Capsule c. 8 mm, 3-4 times as long as carpophore. Seeds less than 1 mm. E. & C. Europe, westwards to c. 13 ° E. in Germany. Bu Ge Hu Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, E).