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Silene noctiflora L.
Family Caryophyllaceae
Common name: Night-flowering Catchfly

Silene noctiflora L. APNI*

Description: Erect annual herb with simple or ± branched stems, densely pubescent, glandular-hairy especially in upper parts.

Leaves: basal narrowly obovate; cauline broad-elliptic to narrow-ovate, 10–110 mm long, 3–40 mm wide, densely pubescent on both surfaces.

Pedicels 5–70 mm long. Calyx ovate-elliptic, fusiform, narrowed to both ends and constricted around carpophore, 15–24(-40) mm long, rather inflated in fruit to 10 mm diam., with multicellular and simple non-glandular hairs and short glandular hairs, 10 main veins, veins green. Petals bifid, white, often pink-tinged.

Capsule usually 15–14 mm long, ovoid; opening by 6 recurved teeth.


Herbarium
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Flowering: spring; flowers in night–time.

Distribution and occurrence: Naturalised in one location near Jenolan Caves (Blue Mountains).
NSW subdivisions: *CT
AVH map***

Text by KL Wilson (Dec 2010; edited Nov 2014)
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APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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