| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene mellifera Boiss. & Reut. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Nov. Hisp. [P.E.Boissier]: 9 (1842) |
| Native Range | s. Portugal to c. & s. Spain |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | lower leaves softly hirsute, lanceolate-spathulate, acute, upper leaves linear-lanceolate, flowers shortly pedicellate, calyx glabrous |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Silene italica ssp. mellifera (Boiss. & Reut.) Batt. Silene italica var. mellifera (Boiss. & Reut.) Bonnet & Barratte Silene italica ssp. nevadensis (Boiss.) Font Quer Silene italica var. nevadensis Boiss. Silene longicilia var. mellifera (Boiss. & Reut.) Samp. Silene mellifera var. elata Jeanm. Silene mellifera ssp. nevadensis (Boiss.) Losa Silene mellifera var. nevadensis (Boiss.) Breistr. Silene nevadensis Boiss. Silene velutinoides ssp. mellifera (Boiss. & Reut.) Batt. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal, SPA Spain) |