Silene monbeigii W.W.Sm.
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 226. 1920, 1920ID: 143 | IPNI
=Silene cardiopetala var. deqenensis C.Y.Wu, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4(2): 155. 1982, 1982==Silene zangdongensis L.H.Zhou, Fl. Xizang. 1: 738 (1983)., 1983
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Description:
Reference: Zhou L., Wu Z.-Y., Lidén, M. & Oxelman, B. (2001). Silene (110 spp.). In Wu Zhengyi & P. H. Raven (eds). Flora of China. 6: 66-100Silene monbeigii W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 226. 1920. ≤◊Ω≠”¨◊”≤› cang jiang ying zi cao Silene cardiopetala Franchet var. deqenensis C. Y. Wu; S. zangdongensis L. H. Zhou. Herbs perennial. Roots clustered, cylindric. Stems supine, 15–50 cm, slender, multibranched, retrorsely pubescent. Leaves narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, 5–15(–30) × 4–7 mm, thin, both surfaces pubescent, ciliate, midvein prominent, base attenuate into short petiole, sometimes with short, sterile axillary branches. Dichasial cymes several flowered; ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 7–17 mm, with glandular and eglandular hairs; bracts lanceolate, herbaceous. Calyx narrowly cylindric, ca. 15 × 2 mm, glandular hairy, clavate in fruit, longitudinal veins violet; calyx teeth lanceolate, apex acute. Androgynophore ca. 5 mm, glabrous. Petals ca. 1.5 cm; claws ca. as long as calyx, glabrous, narrowly cuneate; limbs pale red, obovate, ca. 6 mm, shallowly bifid, sometimes with 1 obscure thin tooth on lower part of lateral lobes; coronal scales ovoid or suborbicular, margin entire. Stamens slightly exserted; filaments glabrous. Styles exserted. Capsule ovoid-globose, 8–10 mm, shorter than persistent calyx. Seeds dark brown, reniform, with lateral auricular pits. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Aug–Sep. • Forest margins; 1900–3400 m. Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan. This species is very similar to Silene rosiflora, but has a markedly longer calyx and androgynophore.
Comment:
Superordinate taxon: Silene sect. Cucubaloideae Edgeworth & J.D. Hooker (ID: 818)