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Last updated 2/13/2021 by David Giblin.
Silene csereii Baumg.[FNA5, HC2]
biennial campion

Publication: Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 345. (as cserei). 1816.

Origin: Introduced

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA5: "Often confused with Silene vulgaris, S. csereii may be readily separated by the long, racemose primary branches of its inflorescence, the elliptic calyx that is constricted at both ends, tightly enclosing the capsule and lacking obvious reticulate venation, and the purple filaments."

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Silene cserei Baumg., orthographic variant[HC]