Heliosperma pusillum

(Heliosperma pusillum)

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Description

Heliosperma is a genus of around flowering plants in the tribe Sileneae of the family Caryophyllaceae. As such, it is closely related to the large genus Silene, but its members can be told apart from Silene by the crest of long papillae on the seeds

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Caryophyllaceae
Genus:Heliosperma
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