| Silene uniflora | |
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| Sea Campion (Silene uniflora) in Iceland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. uniflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Silene uniflora Roth | |
| Synonyms | |
| Silene maritima With. | |
Silene uniflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name sea campion.[1][2][3]
Description
Silene uniflora is a herbaceous perennial plant, similar in appearance to the bladder campion (Silene vulgaris) but with flowers generally solitary. It is generally prostrate, mat-forming. The leaves are linear, grey-green glabrous and glaucous in opposite and decussate pairs, the flowers white with five deeply notched petals, the 5 sepals fused and inflated to form a bladder.[1]:472[2]:32
Distribution
Silene uniflora is a maritime species, almost confined to Iceland, the Atlantic and Baltic Sea coasts of western Europe, Madeira and the Azores.[4] In Britain it also occurs rarely in the mountains.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ^ a b c Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-1408179505.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life. "Details of: Sea Campion". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
- ^ "Den virtuella floran:Strandglim, Silene uniflora Roth". Retrieved 7 March 2017.