山蚂蚱草 Silene jenisseiensis

  • Scientific Name: Silene jenisseiensis Willd.
  • Ref: Enum. Pl. 1:473. 1809
  • Synonyms: Silene amoena L., S. baicalensis Turcz., S. bupleuroides Schang. ex Bunge, S. dasyphylla Turcz., S. guilelmi-waldemari Klotzsch, S. iche-bogdo Grubov, S. jenisea Steph. ex Bunge, S. jenissea Poir., S. jenissea Stephan ex Bunge, S. oliganthella Nakai ex Kitag., S. parviflora Turcz. ex Bess., S. pauciflora (F. N. Williams) Nakai, S. repens Boiss., S. sajanensis Less. ex Ledeb., S. setifolia Turcz. ex Bess., S. tenuifolia Otth, S. tenuis Turcz., S. turgida Schrenk ex Rohrb., S. tuvinica K. Sobol., S. viscaginoides Hornem., S. viscaginoides Otth
  • Chinese Common Name: 山蚂蚱草 shānmàzhɑ∙cǎo
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • Genus: Silene
  • Distribution: Forest margins, forested grasslands, shifting alpine screes, steppes, sandy steppes, mountain grasslands, gravelly grasslands, dune margins; 200–1000 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shanxi [Korea, Mongolia, Russia].
  • Photo: 07/26/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin
  • Note: spelt as Silene jenisseensis in FOC Vol.6
Herbs perennial, 20--50 cm tall. Roots robust, lignified. Stems caespitose, erect or suberect, simple, glabrous, usually with many axillary sterile shoots at base. Basal leaves numerous, narrowly oblanceolate or lanceolate-linear, 5--13 cm × 2--7 mm, midvein prominent, base attenuate into long petiole, margin ciliate at base; cauline leaves few, small, clasping at base. Flowers in a racemiform thyrse; cymules opposite, proximal ones usually with more than one flower, distal ones with a solitary flower; peduncles very short. Pedicel 4--18 mm, glabrous; bracts ovate or lanceolate, base slightly connate, margin membranous, ciliate, apex acuminate. Calyx narrowly campanulate, slightly inflated in fruit, 8--10(--12) mm, glabrous, longitudinal veins green or violet. Androgynophore ca. 2 mm, shortly hairy. Petal claws narrowly oblanceolate, glabrous, without obvious auricles; limbs white or pale greenish, bifid to middle; lobes linear, apex obtuse; coronal scales small. Stamens and styles exserted; filaments glabrous. Styles 3. Capsule ovoid, 6--7 mm. Seeds grayish brown, reniform, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep. 2n = 24. (Flora of China)

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