Silene otites, (L.) Wibel

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 : 167

44. S. otites (L.) Wibel , Prim. Fl. Werthem. 241 (1799)

(inch S. pseudotites Besser ex Reichenb. , S. polaris Kleopow ).

Stems 10-50(-120) cm. Calyx 4-6 mm, glabrous, ovoid; teeth obtuse. Petal-limb inconspicuous, greenish, linear. Capsule 3-5—5(—6) mm, ovoid to subglobose, exceeding calyx; carpophore usually c. 1 mm. 2« = 24. Widespread in E., S. & C. Europe; very local in the north and west. Al Au Br Bu Cz D a G a Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Tu [Be Fe]. Very variable. The typical plant ( S. otites (L.) Wibel sensu stricto), is 20^40 cm, with narrow, more or less interrupted inflorescence and ovoid capsule; it is absent from the southeastern part of the range, where taller plants, usually called S. pseudotites Besser ex Reichenb. , FI. Germ. Excurs. 819 (1832), replace it. Such plants usually have broadly spathulate basal leaves, spreading panicles and larger, subglobose capsules, and occur throughout S.E. Europe and along the Mediterranean coast as far as S. France. Subsp. velebiticaDegen, FI. Veleb. 2:83(1937),asmallplantwith linear-lanceolate to narrowly-spathulate basal leaves and a subglobose capsule 5-6 mm, occurs in N.W. Jugoslavia.