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Grossa, Punta Faraglione, Contrada Boschitto di Favignana (Di Martino & Trapani 1967);
Levanzo: Cala Calcara, Pizzo Monaco, Case (Di Martino & Trapani 1968); ?D: Nicolosi Abbazia
di S. Nicolò (Poli & al. 1990); Castelbuono, Polizzi Generosa, Monte Rose (Raimondo & al.
2004). – R.
* Silene vulgaris subsp. aetnensis (Strobl) Pignatti in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 107: 208 (1973)
[Bas. Silene inflata var. aetnensis Strobl in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr 11, Separatabdruck Fl.
Etna: n. 1113 (1880)]
Uncultivated ground, meadows, scree. – Etna mountain, on the bank of the Simeto river, near
Bronte. Not collected recently. To be confirmed. – RR.

Silene saxifraga L., Sp. Pl.: 421 (1753)
369. Silene saxifraga subsp. lojaconoi Mazzola & Raimondo stat. nov. [Bas. S. saxifra-
ga L. var. lojaconi Lacaita; S. rupicola Huet ex Lojac. (1909)]
Dripping limestone cliffs. – Madonie a Rocca di Mele, Quacedda, Cuozzo della Mufera,
Busambra (Gussone 1827); Madonie ai Canali delle Favare, Pomieri, Cozzo Murga e a Rocca
Busambra alle Coste del Capone (Lojacono 1889); Pizzo Carbonara (Brullo 1983); Madonie:
Quacella + Mufara (Raimondo & al. 1990 b). – R.
370. Silene pusilla Waldst. & Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 3: 235, pl. 212 (1806-1807) [“S.
quadridentata” sensu Pignatti non (Murray) Pers. nec (L.) Pers.; S. porcari Tineo ex
Lojac.; S. quadridentata subsp. pusilla (Waldst. & Kit.) H. Neumayer; incl. S. mona-
chorum (Vis. & Pančić) Vis. & Pančić]
Dripping limestone cliffs. – Madonie: Rocca di Mele (Lojacono 1889), but not found by us. –
RR.
* Silene armeria L., Sp. Pl.: 420 (1753)
Reported for Southern Sicily by C. Presl (1826), but not later found. To be cancelled by Sicilian
flora.
371. Silene latifolia Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 165 (1789) subsp. latifolia [“Lychnis dioica”
sensu Guss. (1827) non L.; Lychnis divaricata Reichenb.; Melandrium macrocarpum
(Boiss. & Reut.) Willk.]
Woods. – Everywhere in the region. – CC.
* Silene latifolia subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 12: 189 (1982) [Bas.
Lychnis alba Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: Lychnis n. 4 (1768)]
Disturbed ground. –?D: Lago Gurrida (Lopriore 1900: sub Melandrium pratense Roehl.). Found
by us along the ringroad of Catania and in public beds. Casual alien. – RR.
* Silene dioica (L.) Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 146 (1811) [Bas. Lychnis dioica L., Sp.
Pl.: 437 (1753)]
Woods. – ?D: F. Alcantara (Moio) (Brullo & Spampinato 1990). ?D: Trapani (Nicotra 1890: ?an
Lychnis pratensis Spreng. according to the collector). This species does not belong to the Sicilian
flora. Probably a casual.

372. Silene fuscata Link ex Brot., Fl. Lusit. 2: 187 (1805) [S. pseudo-atocion Guss., Pl.
Rar.: 180 (1826) non Desf., inde correcta (1832)]