Silene acutifolia

Silene acutifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. acutifolia
Binomial name
	Silene acutifolia; Link ex Rohrb.
Synonyms
	Silene melandrioidesLange

Last updated August 29, 2025

Silene acutifolia is a species of herb native to northwest Spain as well as central and northern Portugal.^[1] The species is polycarpic ^[2] and usually grows in rocky environments.^[3]

Description

The flowers are purplish-pink and hypogynous.^[4] They are also hermaphroditic and protandrous, however, the temporal separation between the male or female stages is incomplete making self-pollination possible.^[3] One study from 2002 suggested this might indicate that the species emerged recently in the genus.^[4]

References

1 2 "Silene acutifolia". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 19 May 2022.
↑ BUIDE, MARÍA LUISA (2006). "Pollination Ecology of Silene acutifolia (Caryophyllaceae): Floral Traits Variation and Pollinator Attraction". Annals of Botany. 97 (2): 289–297. doi:10.1093/aob/mcj032. ISSN 0305-7364. JSTOR 42796046. PMC 2803363 . PMID 16344265.
1 2 Buide, Mª Luisa (April 2008). "Disentangling the causes of intrainflorescence variation in floral traits and fecundity in the hermaphrodite Silene acutifolia" . American Journal of Botany. 95 (4): 490–497. doi:10.3732/ajb.95.4.490. PMID 21632374.
1 2 BUIDE, M. L.; GUITIÁN, J. (2002-12-01). "Breeding System in the Dichogamous Hermaphrodite Silene acutifolia (Caryophyllaceae)". Annals of Botany. 90 (6): 691–699. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcf251 . ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 4240362 . PMID 12451024.

This Caryophyllaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[156738-1-1] 1 2 "Silene acutifolia". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[:1-2] BUIDE, MARÍA LUISA (2006). "Pollination Ecology of Silene acutifolia (Caryophyllaceae): Floral Traits Variation and Pollinator Attraction". Annals of Botany. 97 (2): 289–297. doi:10.1093/aob/mcj032. ISSN 0305-7364. JSTOR 42796046. PMC 2803363 . PMID 16344265.

[:0-3] 1 2 Buide, Mª Luisa (April 2008). "Disentangling the causes of intrainflorescence variation in floral traits and fecundity in the hermaphrodite Silene acutifolia" . American Journal of Botany. 95 (4): 490–497. doi:10.3732/ajb.95.4.490. PMID 21632374.

[:2-4] 1 2 BUIDE, M. L.; GUITIÁN, J. (2002-12-01). "Breeding System in the Dichogamous Hermaphrodite Silene acutifolia (Caryophyllaceae)". Annals of Botany. 90 (6): 691–699. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcf251 . ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 4240362 . PMID 12451024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]