Silene colorata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Silene colorata Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 163 (1789).

Homotypic
- Silene sericea subsp. colorata (Poir.) F.N.Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 71 (1896).

Silene colorata Schousb. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 412 (1813), nom. inval. = Silene obtusifolia Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 473 (1809).
Silene colorata Friv., Flora 18: 334 (1835), nom. illeg. = Silene frivaldszkyana Hampe, Flora 20(1): 226 (1837), nom. nov.
Silene colorata hort. ex Fenzl, Index Seminum (Vienna) 1850(Adv. Bot.): [9] (1851), nom. inval. = Silene gallica var. gallica.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Germany (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India (introduced).

Poiret, J.L.M. 1789. Voyage en Barbarie, ou lettres écrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les années 1785 & 1786, sur la religion, les coutumes & les moeurs des Maures & des Arabes-Bédouins: avec un essai sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays. Vol. 2. 315 pp. BHL Reference page.

Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene colorata in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 21.Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Silene colorata. Accessed: 2026 January 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Silene colorata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene colorata. Accessed: 21 July 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Silene colorata. Published online. Accessed: 21 July 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Silene colorata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 July 2025. Reference page.