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Silene fraudatrix
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Silene fraudatrix is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae of restricted distribution known by the common name Alevkaya Sinekkapani. It is endemic to Northern Cyprus, where it is known only from Alevkaya where it is common to Tatlisu.
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Description
Slender annual, often branched below with stems to 15 cm long, erect or spreading; flowers few, 1.5 cm across, single or paired in a very loose branched spray; petals rose pink to whitish, notched at the tip and with 2-lobed coronal scales at the throat. More branched forms with white flowers are found later in the season. Flowers from March to May.[1]
Habitat
On rocky mountain slopes under pine and cypress.
References
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