Silene fabaria, (L.) Sibth. & Sm.

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 : 169

58. S. fabaria (L.) Sibth. & Sm. , Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1:293 (1809).

Robust glabrous and glaucous perennial up to 100 cm. Leaves fleshy; basal more or less spathulate-ovate; cauline distant, smaller, elliptical or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, often mucronate. Inflorescence usually branched. Calyx 8-10 mm, 10-veined, not markedly inflated; teeth triangular, acute. Petals white; coronal scales present. Capsule 10-12 mm, ovoid, exceeding the closely appressed calyx: carpophore c. 2 mm. Seeds with concave face. Maritime rocks. • Greece. Gr.

S. ionica Halâcsy , Consp. FI. Graec. 1:158 (1900), described from W. Greece (Kefallinia), is said to be more branched, with smaller flowers and a capsule only c. 5 mm. S. thebana Orph. ex Boiss. , F7. Or. 1: 627 (1867), described from C. Greece (Thivai), has small flowers and conspicuous coronal scales. Both are very doubtfully distinct from 58.