Species Silene cretica
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Etymology of Silene:
Gk. Silenos = a Greek woodland deity, half man, half horse or goat, companion of Dionysius, always portrayed as old, bald and bearded, and usually covered with foam or slaver; referring to the sticky secretion of the stems that entrap small insects, thus foiling predators. ‘Catchfly.’
Etymology of cretica:
From the Latin ‘cretica’ / ‘creticus’ meaning ‘relating to Crete’
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Unknown
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Shortly hairy annual to 45 cm. Leaves linear (-oblanceolate). Flowers in raceme-like monochasial cymes, whitish, open and scented at night, calyx 9--16 mm long, petals bifid, carpophore 1--5 mm. Aug.--Jan. Weed of sandy flats, NW, SW (European weed).
Observations of Taxon
Silene cretica
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
