Silene borysthenica, (Gruner) Walters

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

41. S. borysthenica (Grüner) Walters , Feddes Repert. 69: 47 (1964)

(5. otites var. borysthenica Grüner , Otites borysthenica (Grüner) Klokov , S. parviflora (Ehrh.) Pers. , non Moench, S. ehrhartianaSoo).

Biennial (?rarely perennial); dioecious; stems up to 80 cm; whole plant pubescent. Basal leaves narrowly spathulate, often withered at time of flowering; cauline linear-oblanceolate. Inflorescence usually a narrow panicle; flowers very numerous, small; hairs on pedicels short, dense, forwardly-directed and curled. Calyx 2-3 mm. Petals linear, greenish, entire. Capsule 2-3 mm, subglobose; carpophore very short. Seeds c. 1 mm, reniform. 2« = 24. Dry places, particularly in open coniferous woodland. C. & E. Europe. Al Bu Cz Hu Ju Po Rm Rs (N, C, W, K, E). Rather variable in length and nature of hairiness. Further information might justify the recognition of subspecies.