Israel wildflowers | Cloven-Petalled Campion
Silene colorata, Cloven-Petalled Campion,
Hebrew: ציפורנית מגוונת, Arabic: سيلينية ملونة
| Scientific name: | Silene colorata Poir. | |
| Common name: | Cloven-Petalled Campion | |
| Hebrew name: | ציפורנית מגוונת | |
| Arabic name: | سيلينية ملونة | |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae, ציפורניים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 10-50 cm, decumbent to erect, branched; whole plant pubescent ir puberulent | |
| Leaves: | Opposite, entire, linear to ovate-spathulate | |
| Inflorescence: | Few-flowered | |
| Flowers: | Calyx 11-13mm, cylindrical, becoming broadly clavate in fruit; teeth ovate, obtuse, densely ciliate; petal-limb 5-9mm, pink, white | |
| Fruits / pods: | Capsule ovoid; seeds 1-1.5mm, dark brown | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Silene, probably from Greek sialon, “saliva,” referring to gummy exudation on stems, and/or named for Silenus, intoxicated foster-father of Bacchus (god of wine) who was covered with foam, much like the glandular secretions of many species of this genus.
colorata, colored.
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