| Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke , it is a perennial herbs. Stems ± erect, ascending or prostrate, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves opposite, entire, usually apiculate or mucronate, variable in shape; lower leaves petiolate, lanceolate with scabrid margins; the middle ones sessile, lanceolate, lanceolate-elliptical or ovate-elliptical, not scabrid or slightly. Inflorescences many-flowered. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jul, Vern:——-, Phytochoria: S-Cosm, The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia, Macaronesia, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, The young shoots and the leaves may be used as food in some countries of the Mediterranean region.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158668-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/158668-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000440200, https://www.gbif.org/species/9172281, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=35, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/123683/tab/fiche, http://naturewonders.org/picture?/2401, https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2016/02/silene-vulgaris-moench-garcke-cyprus.html, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/silene/vulgaris/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_vulgaris |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Gharian 1967 Ain Rumia, Gebel Nafousa, 1967, 1974 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi Derna 1967, 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Caryophyllaceae Vol. (59) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
