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Silene gallica
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Family: Caryophyllaceae > Genus:
Silene
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Silene gallica. In weedy area on coastal plain,
Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa).
[photo H.Robertson, Iziko ©] |
An annual herb 0.15 to 0.45 m
high. Native to Europe, naturalised in southern Africa where
it occurs as a weed in disturbed places.
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