Silene, Otth

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 : 166

Sect. Otites Otth (inch Subsect. Sibiricae Schischkin ex Chowdhuri ). Biennial or perennial; often dioecious. Flowers small, usually unisexual, in dichasia aggregated in compound racemose panicles, often narrow, with crowded verticillasters. Calyx less than 7 mm. Petals entire or shallowly bifid; coronal scales absent. Carpophore not more than 3 mm, sometimes almost absent.