Silene

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 : 174

Sect. Elisanthe (Fenzl) Fenzl (Sect. Melandriformes (Boiss.) Chowdhuri). Annual or perennial with large flowers, solitary or in dichasia; dioecious (except 5. noctiflora ). Petal-limb bifid; coronal scales prominent; claw auriculate; styles 5 (3 in S. noctiflora ). Capsule without basal septa, dehiscing with 6 or 10 teeth; carpophore very short.