Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Silene// Species: Silene viridiflora L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater and Walters in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1993).
Distribution: Native from East Central and South Europe to West Syria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak and European beech forests.
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
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References:
Silene L. Chater, A. O. and Walters, S. M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 158 -181.
Silene L. Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 302 – 346.
Osogovo nature 