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Silene indica Roxb. ex Otth var. indica

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Contributor Text : SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR

Flower/Fruit : Fl. Per.: June: August.

Type : Type: Nepal, Wallich 624 (G-DC; isotypes G, K, E).

Distribution : Distribution: Himalaya from Swat eastward to Kashmir, Assam, S. Tibet.

Comment/Acknowledgements : The type variety differs from var. cashmeriana in the weaker ± habit, the often broader (ovate to elliptic) leaves and the blunt calyx lobes. The plants are often glandular sticky. Found up to 2800 m.

Map Location : Dir: Dir, R.R. Stewart et al. 1164 (RAW); B-7 Swat: Bahrein, 6-7000, R.R. Stewart & A. Rahman 25070 (RAW); Mt. 1lam, c. 8000', 12.8.1952, R.R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Hazara Dist.: Murree hills, 7500', R.R. Stewart 7773 (RAW); Gilgit: Chorwan, ± 8500', 24.7.1940, R.R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Kashmir: above Gulmarg, 11,000', R.R. Stewart 15522 (RAW); Aliabad-Kuthnar, 8-9000',. R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23872 (RAW); Tragbal, 9000', sticky, R.R. & I.D. Stewart 4745 C-7 Rawalpindi & Islamabad Dist.: Murree, 7000', R.R. & I. D. Stewart 3884 (RAW).