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Silene flos-jovis, the flower-of-Jove, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the central Alps and found at elevations of 1,000–2,400 m (3,281–7,874 ft). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a mat-forming perennial growing to 20–60 cm (8–24 in) tall and 45 cm (18 in) wide, with hairy grey-green leaves and clusters ...
Silene flowers are frequently visited by flies, such as Rhingia campestris. [8] Silene species have also been used to study speciation, host-pathogen interactions, biological species invasions, adaptation to heavy-metal-contaminated soils, metapopulation genetics, and organelle genome evolution. [ 3 ]
Silene uniflora is a maritime species, almost confined to Iceland, the Atlantic and Baltic Sea coasts of western Europe up to the Kola Peninsula in European Russia, and the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores.
Silene stenophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.Commonly called narrow-leafed campion, it is a species in the genus Silene.It grows in the Arctic tundra of far eastern Siberia and the mountains of northern Japan.
Silene latifolia, commonly known as white campion, is a dioecious flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to most of Europe, Western Asia and northern Africa. . It is a herbaceous annual, occasionally biennial or a short-lived perennial plant, growing to between 40–80 centimetres ta
Silene nutans flowers during the night, and produces a strong floral scent to attract its pollinators, which are mostly night-flying moths. Chemical compounds in the scent include benzyl acetate and benzaldehyde. [9] Silene nutans is the host plant for the leaf mining moth Coleophora galbulipennella. [10]
Silene samojedorum is a perennial herbaceous plant with showy pink flowers. It can reach a height of about 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in). It can reach a height of about 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in). The flowering time lasts from late spring to late summer.
Silene coronaria, the rose campion, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Eurasia. Other common names include dusty miller (which also refers to Centaurea cineraria and Jacobaea maritima), mullein-pink and bloody William.