Silene furcata, Rafin.

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

36. S. furcata Rafin. , Autikon Bot. 1: 28 (1840)

( Lychnis affinis J. Vahl ex Fries ).

Like 35 but stem often branched above, glandular, viscid; flowers smaller, erect; calyx 10-12 mm, scarcely inflated; petals whitish, exserted; seeds with narrow wings. 2« = 48. Arctic Europe. Fe N o Rs (N) Su.

European material is mostly subsp. angustiflora (Rupr.) Walters , Feddes Repert. 69: 46 (1964) ( Wahlbergella angustiflora Rupr.), with 2-3 pairs of cauline leaves, the lower about equalling the basal, and a narrowly campanulate calyx. Subsp. furcata , with 1 (2) pairs of cauline leaves much shorter than the basal, and a more broadly campanulate calyx somewhat inflated in fruit, occurs widely in arctic Asia and is reported from Spitsbergen, Vajgac and Arctic Ural.