Silene tianschanica Schischk.
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Description:
Reference: Zhou L., Wu Z.-Y., Lidén, M. & Oxelman, B. (2001). Silene (110 spp.). In Wu Zhengyi & P. H. Raven (eds). Flora of China. 6: 66-100Silene tianschanica Schischkin, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 8: 56. 1940. ÃÏ…Ω”¨◊”≤› tian shan ying zi cao Herbs suffruticose, 30–40 cm tall. Roots robust, multi-crowned. Stems densely clustered, erect, basally lignified, soli-tary or sparsely branched, basally pubescent, apically glabrous. Leaves with short, sterile axillary branches, linear, 3–5 cm × 1–2 mm, both surfaces glabrous, sparsely ciliate at base, base attenuate, slightly clasping, apex acute. Flowers bisexual, erect, in a racemiform thyrse, with alternate solitary flowered cym-ules, slightly nutant at early stage. Pedicel 4–15 mm, slender, glabrous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3–3.5 mm, margin membra-nous, shortly ciliate. Calyx tubular, clavate in fruit, 10–12 × ca. 3 mm, glabrous, slightly inflated above in fruit, longitudinal veins green or violet; calyx teeth broadly triangular-ovate, short, ciliate, apex obtuse. Androgynophore 2–3 mm, glabrous. Petal claws narrowly cuneate, without ciliae and auricles; limbs slightly exserted beyond calyx, white, bifid to base, lobes nar-rowly obovate; coronal scales minute. Stamens and styles exserted; filaments glabrous. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid, ca. 9 × 5 mm. Seeds triangular-reniform, ca. 1.2 mm. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Jul–Aug. Stony mountains; 1100–2100 m. Xinjiang [Kazakstan]. The type has not been seen by the present authors.
Comment:
Superordinate taxon: Silene sect. Holopetalae Schischk. ex Chowdhuri (ID: 995)