Silene colorata Poir.
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Taxon info
Silene colorata, here growing with Anthemis chia, is widespread in the Mediterranean area. In Greece it is common in sandy coastal habitats, olive groves and along roads, flowering from the winter until May. It belongs to S. sect. Dipterospermae in which the shoulders of the seeds are characteristically produced into wavy wings.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31. – Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem; Athens: Hellenic Botanical Society. p. 332