Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr., Fl. France 1: 221 1847. (Syn: Agrostemma coeli-rosea L.; Coronaria coeli-rosa (L.) Fr. ex Heynh.; Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Endl.; Eudianthe oculata A.Braun; Lychnidia coeli-rosa (L.) Pomel; Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr.; Pontinia coeli-rosa (L.) Fr.; unresolved names ...............);
Caryophyllaceae Week: Silene coeli-rosa from Kashmir: Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr., J. C. M. Grenier & D. A. Godron, Fl. France 1:221. 1847 "caeli-rosa" syn: Agrostemma coeli-rosa L. ; Eudianthe coeli-rosa (L.) Endl.; Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr. Common name: Rose-of-heaven Glabrous annual herb up to 50 cm tall; leaves linear, long-acuminate, 3-7 cm long; flowers rose-red, 25-30 mm across, on long slender pedicels, in irregular dichasia; calyx club-shaped, 15-20 mm long, contracted towards tip, veins prominent, teeth filiform; petals slightly notched at tip, with bifid scales at the base of limb above claw; styles 5; capsules included. Cultivated herb, Photographed from Kashmir. References: |
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