Silene latifolia
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Description
Leaves ovate-narrowly elliptic or ovate, cauline leaves sessile.
Inflorescence few-flowered.
Flowers large, opening in the evening, faintly scented.
Petals usually white.
Ovary ovoid;
Capsule ovoid, 10-20 mm, dehiscing with 10 erect teeth.
Seeds with plane faces and obtuse tubercles.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Papua New Guinea present, western Europe
Originating from western Europe, spread as a weed and now almost cosmopolitan. In Malesia only recorded from Papua New Guinea as a wayside weed (seen from Chimbu Valley, 2300 and 2500 m altitude).