Silene otites (L.) Wibel

Species Species

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Silene

Sinònims: Cucubalus otites L.

Catalan common name: Silene otites.

Spanish common name: Silene otites.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Paleotemperate

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Open shrublands on frequently stony soils, sometimes disturbed, such as forest track edges, paths, and agricultural fields

Characteristics: Perennial herb, slightly woody at the base, with erect stems (up to 80 cm) that are sticky in the upper part. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, spatulate in shape. Flowers unisexual, small and inconspicuous, borne on a long flowering stem and grouped in verticillasters—numerous in male individuals, sparse in female ones. Calyx glabrous, with 10 veins; corolla with very small or sometimes absent petals, greenish-yellow in colour. Fruit an ovoid capsule