Colored Catchfly / سيلينة ملونة / عين البنت /

Silene colorata Poir.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
February to April
Seed collection period
June to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Silene
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Wikidata item
Q1396366
GBIF Item
Silene colorata Poir. (7566895)

References

  1. Silene colorata Poir. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  2. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  3. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  4. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Silene colorata Poir. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/736 accessed via barari.org on 7/20/2025.

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