View source for Silene conica subsp. conica

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|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Silene;Silene conica;Silene conica subsp. conica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Silene]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Silene conica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Silene conica subsp. conica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
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|treatment_page=page 179
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual; taproot slender. <b>Stems</b> erect or decumbent, simple or branched at base, 15–50 cm, coarsely puberulent, stipitate-glandular distally. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal leaf pairs connate, blade 1–3-veined, linear to narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2–5 cm × 1.5–6 mm, apex acute; basal leaf blades tending to be oblanceolate and somewhat broader, coarsely puberulent on both surfaces. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1–13-flowered, bracteate; bracts narrowly lanceolate-acuminate, to 20 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> ascending, 1–3 cm, stipitate-glandular, puberulent. <b>Flowers</b> 10–12 mm diam.; calyx prominently ca. 30-veined, umbilicate, narrowly conic in flower, conic-ovoid but scarcely inflated in fruit, lobed to 1/3 of length with 5 narrow, acuminate lobes ca. 5 mm, 8–15 × 5–7 mm, puberulent, glandular or not, veins parallel; corolla conspicuous, pink, rarely white or dark red, clawed, much exceeding sepals, claw ca. equaling calyx, limb shallowly 2-lobed, oblong, 3–6 mm, appendages 2, 1–2 mm; stamens equaling calyx; stigmas 3, equaling calyx. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 8–10 mm, with narrow orifice, opening by 6 teeth; carpophore less than 1 mm. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, reniform, 0.6–0.9 mm broad, tuberculate. <b>2n</b> = 20 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Dry, sandy or gravelly waste places, roadsides, pasture and arable land
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Del.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Wash.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Subspecies conica, a rare adventive weed, is very similar to <i>Silene conoidea</i>, from which it can be separated, with difficulty, by the smaller size of most of its parts. It is also similar to <i>S. coniflora</i>, which has a calyx with fewer veins and shorter teeth.</p>
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|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Dry, sandy or gravelly waste places, roadsides, pasture and arable land
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Del.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Wash.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Silene
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|subspecies=Silene conica subsp. conica
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