Silene gallica

French campion ( Silene gallica )

The French campion ( Silene gallica ) is a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.

Features

The French Campion is an annual plant that reaches the plant height of 15 to 45 centimeters. The upright or ascending and simple or branched stem is hairy and upwards glandular - sticky. The few leaves on the ground are arranged in rosettes and short-stalked, oblong- spatulate and hairy. The remaining leaves are constantly stalk and against constantly sitting. The grape -like inflorescence consists of 3-10 einseitswendigen flowers. The lower flower stalks are up to one and a half times as long as the calyx, the upper hand, are shorter. The 7 to 10 mm long calyx is serrated pointed to a quarter of its length, long rauhaarig and has 10 dark green nerves. He is first shaped cylindrical- ovoid and later contracted ovate and at the top. The 10 to 15 millimeters long petals are emarginate or entire, shallow and pink or white. Every now and then they have in their midst on a blood-red stain. The capsule is 6 to 9 millimeters in size with 6 curved back teeth. The fruit bodies have a maximum length of 1 millimeter. The dark brown seeds are ribbed warty and sharp.

The flowering period extends from April to June.

Occurrence

The distribution area includes the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. The species was abducted worldwide. It grows on fallow land and agricultural land and is usually found on lime-poor soils.

Documents

• Peter and Ingrid Schoenfelder: What flowers on the Mediterranean? Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-440-05790-9.