Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb. is a plant in the Caryophyllaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb.
Silene acutifolia is a plant species with purplish-pink protandrous hermaphroditic flowers that can self-pollinate.
Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb. produces purplish-pink hypogynous flowers. These flowers are hermaphroditic and protandrous. The temporal separation between their male and female reproductive stages is incomplete, which makes self-pollination possible for this species. A 2002 study suggested that this trait may indicate the species evolved recently within its genus.
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Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl
Stellaria media (L.) Vill.
Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.
Dianthus giganteus d'Urv.
Silene tatarica (L.) Pers.
Eremogone franklinii (Douglas ex Hook.) R.L.Hartm. & Rabeler
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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