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Bertol. non All.; S. sericea All. subsp. colorata (Poir.) F. N. Williams; ?S. obtusifolia
Lojac. non Willd.]
Maritime sands, hills and submountain lands. – Everywhere in the region. – CC.
387. Silene nummica Vals. in Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 30: 452 (1995) [S. sericea All.
varcrassifolia Moris, Fl. Sardoa 1: 253-254 (1837); ?S. obtusifolia Lojac. non Willd.]
Sands and stones near the sea. – Mondello, majo, sine coll. (PAL), -Trapani, sine coll. (PAL), -
Sferracavallo, majo, sine coll. (PAL), -Palermo a Mondello, in arenosis maritimis, 19.IV.1856,
Todaro (PAL, FI), - Favignana, Urbani (SS) (Valsecchi 1995). – R.
388. Silene arghireica Vals. in Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 30: 459 (1995)
Maritime sands and crushed stones. – Trapani, V.1863, Todaro (PAL) (Valsecchi 1995). – R.
* Silene colorata Poir. subsp. canescens (Ten.) Cif. & Giacom., Nomencl. Fl. Ital.: 285
(1950) [Bas. S. canescens Ten., Fl. Napol. 1, Prodr.: xxv (1811) et Fl. Napol. 1: 236, pl.
xxix (1815)]
Maritime sands. – Doubtful entity. Only one uncorfimed record from Marettimo (Francini &
Messeri 1956), to the searched.

389. Silene apetala Willd., Sp. Pl. 2 (1): 703 (1799) nom. cons.
Uncultivated dry land. – Linosa (Aiuti & Sommier) (Sommier 1905); Linosa (Brullo & Grillo
1985). – RR.
390. Silene conica L., Sp. Pl.: 418 (1753)
Dry meadows, sand on limestone. – Everywhere in the region. – C.

391. Cucubalus baccifer L., Sp. Pl.: 414 (1753)
Wet woods, and river-beds. – Piazza Armerina; ?D: Pantano Catania e Simeto fino a Paternò
(Lopriore 1900). – RR.
392. Gypsophila arrostii Guss., Pl. Rar.: 160 (1826)
E – Endemic to Sicily and Southern Italy – Dry, mainly limestone, slopes. – Sicily, common on
gypsum hills in inner areas and on the coastland. – CC.
393. Saponaria sicula Raf. in Specchio Sci. 2: 7 (1814) [S. depressa Biv., Stirp. Rar. Sic.
Descr. 2: 15 (1814); S. caespitosa Biv. in Raf., Statist. Gen. Sicilia: 27 (1810) non DC.]
E – Endemic to Sicily and Sardinia. – Uncultivated dry ground and cliffs. – Monte Scalone, Etna
da Nicolosi alla Casa degli Inglesi (Gussone 1827); Serre dei Cavalli, Quacedda, M. Scalone,
Etna a 1300 m, Valle del Bove, Nicolosi, sulle Nebrodi a 1850 m (Lojacono 1889); Trifoglietto
dell’Etna (Tornabene) (Nicotra 1890 a); Madonie: Base di Quacella (Raimondo 1980); Portella
Arena, V.ne Madonna degli Angeli, Portella Colla (Brullo 1983); Madonie: Quacella + Mufara
(Raimondo & al. 1990 b); Etna! e Madonie al M. Scalone! e M. Quacella! (Raimondo & al.
1994). – R.
394. Saponaria officinalis L., Sp. Pl.: 408 (1753)
Wet uncultivated ground along rivers. – Everywhere in the region, scattered and more frequent
in Eastern Sicily. – C.

Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert in Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg,
Math. Naturwiss. Reihe 14: 496 (1965)