Silene skorpilii, Velen.

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

31. S. skorpilii Velen. , Sitz.-Ber. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. 1: 39 (1890).

Robust, 30-50 cm, with somewhat woody stock. Stem and leaves densely clothed with very short stiff hairs. Basal leaves spathulate, withered at time of flowering; cauline up to 4 x 1-5 cm, ovate, more or less sessile, with cuneate base. Inflorescence usually narrow, (5-)7- to 13-flowered; upper flowers more or less aggregated; lower in more distant opposite pairs. Calyx 10- 12 mm, davate, glabrous, viscid; veins distinct, simple. Petals narrow, greenish. Capsule 7-9 mm, 2-3 times as long as carpophore. • Balkan peninsula from C. Bulgaria to C. Greece. Bu G r Ju.