Silene sericea, All.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 179

150. S. sericea All. , FI. Pedem. 2:8 1 (1785).

Stems to 50 cm, pubescent, ascending, branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers solitary and terminal at ends of stems, rarely 2 or 3 in a reduced monochasial cyme. Calyx 12-20(-23) mm; teeth lanceolate, acute or subobtuse. Carpophore 4—10(—12) mm. Seeds 1- 1-4 mm, reniform or elongate-reniform, dark brown; faces concave-excavate, striate; back grooved between rounded or angled (not winged and undulate) sides. Coastal sands. W. Mediterranean region.?B1 Co?Ga It Sa. Often confused with 159 and best distinguished by the seeds.