Silene araratica

Subsp araratica: Ağrı nakılı; Subsp davisii: Çölemerik nakılı

Caespitose perennial. Stems 5-15 cm, puberulous. Leaves all similar, ± obovate, acute or obtuse, 15-40 x 4-6 mm, sparsely puberulent, ciliate. Flowers solitary or 2-3 in a dichasial cyme. Calyx 24-31 mm, somewhat inflated but sharply constricted around the base of the capsule in fruit, reticulately veined, puberulous. Petal whitish, limb bipartite for c. 1/2 its length, auriculate. Anthophore 15-19mm, glabrous to shortly puberulous. Capsule subglobose, included in the calyx. Fl. 7-8. Rock crevices, cliffs, 1800-2700 m.

Endemic; very close to S. brevicaulis. Ir.-Tur. element.