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Silene italica (L.) Pers.

Flora Europaea the original Linnean specimen, classified as Cucubalus italicus L.           The most common species of the genus in the Romanian flora, in xeric up to mesic grasslands. Some details with the characteristic basal leaves in this species are here. Deva, Hunedoara county, 28th of April 2007. dr. Ioan Ghira, ighira2002@yahoo.com Identification of species dr. Boris Assyov, bassyoff@hotmail.com