797 Silene conica L.

This partly anthropochorous species occurs mainly in C. and S. Europe and adjacent parts of Africa and Asia. For lower taxa, distinguished in Europe, and their general distribution, see Fl. Eur. 1/1964, p. 180. Outlying localities are more or less casual. The species has been introduced into N. America, SE. Australia and New Zealand. Cf. also Meusel et al. 1965, map p. 137.