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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on November 08, 2021, 11:45:30 AM

Title: Is this a Silene?
Post by: JohnnyD on November 08, 2021, 11:45:30 AM

Pic from the Peloponnese but no label! Help!

Title: Re: Is this a Silene?
Post by: JohnnyD on November 09, 2021, 02:47:27 PM

Looks like it is Silene calabrica.

Title: Re: Is this a Silene?
Post by: Maggi Young on November 09, 2021, 03:43:23 PM

Quote from: JohnnyD on November 09, 2021, 02:47:27 PM

Looks like it is Silene calabrica.

I thought it might be Saponaria  - perhaps  Saponaria calabrica!!

Title: Re: Is this a Silene?
Post by: Vinny 123 on November 09, 2021, 03:46:04 PM

Petal shape looks wrong for Silene.
Maggi's suggestion seems a better fit.

Title: Re: Is this a Silene?
Post by: Maggi Young on November 09, 2021, 04:04:34 PM

Yes, most silene have that notched tip to the petals - and the  foliage  in Johhny's pic looks hairy and sticky, too.

Title: Re: Is this a Silene?
Post by: JohnnyD on November 09, 2021, 06:20:42 PM

Slip of the finger --- Saponaria it is. Thanks