Silene gallica
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Description
Polymorphous annual.
Leaves narrowly obovate-elliptic to spathulate, pubescent.
Flowers in one to several monochasial cymes with the appearance of a one-sided raceme.
Petals white or pink, often with dark red spot or dark veins, lamina entire or emarginate, 3-5 mm.
Capsule ovoid, 5-10 mm;
Seeds reniform, grey, brown or black, faces deeply concave, striate or minutely tubercled, c. 1 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Timor present, the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East
Indigenous to the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, from there spread as a weed to most warmer parts of the world. In Malesia recorded from Timor.